Learning Across Sites: New Tools, Infrastructures and Practices (New Perspectives on Learning and Instruction)

Synopsis

The ever evolving, technology-intensive nature of the twenty-first century workplace has caused an acceleration in the division of labour, whereby work practices are becoming highly specialised and learning and the communication of knowledge is in a constant state of flux. This poses a challenge for education and learning: as knowledge and expertise increasingly evolve, how can individuals be prepared through education to participate in specific industries and organisations, both as newcomers and throughout their careers? Learning Across Sites brings together a diverse range of contributions from leading international researchers to examine the impacts and roles which evolving digital technologies have on our navigation of education and professional work environments. Viewing learning as a socially organised activity, the contributors explore the evolution of learning technologies and knowledge acquisition in networked societies through empirical research in a range of industries and workplaces. The areas of study include public administration, engineering, production, and healthcare and the contributions address the following questions: How are learning activities organised? How are tools and infrastructures used? What competences are needed to participate in specialised activities? What counts as knowledge in multiple and diverse settings? Where can parallels be drawn between workplaces? Addressing an emerging problem of adaptation in contemporary education, this book is essential reading for all those undertaking postgraduate study and research in the fields of educational psychology, informatics and applied information technology.

Copyright:

2011

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781136943911

Related ISBNs:

9780203847817, 9780415581769, 9780415581769, 9780415581752, 9780415581752

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

03/09/20

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial material, Sten Ludvigsen, Andreas Lund, Ingvill Rasmussen and Roger S

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Computers and Internet, Technology, Psychology, Education

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Sten R. Ludvigsen

Edited by:

Andreas Lund

Edited by:

Ingvill Rasmussen

Edited by:

Roger Säljö