Fostering an informal learning community of computer technologies at school

Lu Xiao; John M. Carroll

doi:10.1080/01449290600811511

Fostering an informal learning community of computer technologies at school

Lu Xiao, John M. Carroll

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Computer technologies develop at a challenging fast pace. Formal education should not only teach students basic computer skills to meet current computer needs, but also foster student development of informal learning ability for a lifelong learning process. On the other hand, students growing up in the digital world are often more skilled with computer technologies than their teachers. We describe an online course design project in which a group of students designed an online health course for their middle school, and teachers played the roles of facilitators and learners. We suggest fostering an informal learning community of computer technologies at school as a supplemental method of formal computer education to address the shift in educational context and as a place offering opportunities for students to work on real-life projects and solve real-life problems.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	23-36
Number of pages	14
Journal	Behaviour and Information Technology
Volume	26
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01449290600811511
State	Published - Jan 1 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Informal learning community
School context
Website design

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Developmental and Educational Psychology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
General Social Sciences
Human-Computer Interaction

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