Tatyana Dumova

Tatyana Dumova (PhD, Bowling Green State University) is a Professor of Multimedia in the School of Communication at Point Park University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). Her research focuses on the social and cultural implications of information and communication technologies and the role of technology in teaching and learning. She has presented and published her research nationally and internationally. Most recently, she has lead-edited Blogging in the Global Society: Cultural, Political and Geographical Aspects and a two-volume Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends (IGI Global).

Publications

Blogging in the Global Society: Cultural, Political and Geographical Aspects
Blogging in the Global Society: Cultural, Political and Geographical Aspects
Tatyana Dumova, Richard Fiordo. © 2012. 285 pages.
During the past decade, blogging has not only grown, but it has also become a truly international phenomenon: about two thirds of all blogs are written in a language other than...
Social Interaction Technologies and the Future of Blogging
Social Interaction Technologies and the Future of Blogging
Tatyana Dumova. © 2012. 26 pages.
In an age of user-generated content, multimedia sharing sites, and customized news aggregators, an assortment of Internet-based social interaction technologies transforms the Web...
The Usability of Online Quizzes: Evaluating Student Perceptions
The Usability of Online Quizzes: Evaluating Student Perceptions
Tatyana Dumova. © 2012. 12 pages.
This study focuses on assessment, an essential component of teaching and learning. It examines the usability of online quizzes and determines what features of Blackboard-based...
International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies (IJICST)
International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies (IJICST)
Melda N Yildiz, Hany Zaky. Est. 2011.
The International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies (IJICST) covers a broad spectrum of existing and emerging Internet-based social interaction...
Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends
Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends
Tatyana Dumova, Richard Fiordo. © 2010. 938 pages.
We live in a time unparalleled in human history: a time of fundamental cultural, political, social, and economic change marked by an exponential growth in human powers to...
Method Development for Assessing a Diversity Goal
Method Development for Assessing a Diversity Goal
Joan Hawthorne, Tatyana Dumova, April Bradley, Daphne Pederson. © 2009. 19 pages.
In this chapter the authors describe a method developed to assess the outcome of a “cultural familiarity” general education goal. Challenges in defining, measuring, and providing...