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ERIC Number: EJ694403
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Aug
Pages: 25
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 33
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0161-4681
Common Metaphors and Their Impact on Distance Education: What They Tell Us and What They Hide
Meyer, Katrina A.
Teachers College Record, v107 n8 p1601-1625 Aug 2005
This article explores some of the common metaphors used to illuminate the Web and its application to distance education. Using the work of Lakoff and Johnson (1980) as a foundation for understanding and categorizing metaphors, the advantages and disadvantages for our future of such metaphors as the "Web", "Information Highway", "virtual", "surfing", "information as education", and "distance education" are evaluated.
Descriptors: Internet, Distance Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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