Course - Learning in Technology Rich Environments - DT8115
Learning in Technology Rich Environments
Lessons are not given in the academic year 2011/2012
About
About the course
Course content
The course is taught every second year (next time autumn 2012).
This course focuses on challenges and opportunities that arise from the introduction of technology in learning and teaching, with the assumption that a technology rich learning and teaching context is qualitatively different than one without technology.
In the selected syllabus technology is approached in a pragmatic way, focusing on how technology in real life is incorporated into practices found in business and education. The overall perspective acknowledges that what technology ´is ´ dependents on a complex interplay between people, their agenda and intentions, the affordances of technology (what technology lends itself to), how technology may be appropriated, etc.
The course will present activity theory and its role in the design and evaluation of systems supporting collaborative learning, the notion of information ecologies, and in general issues that are core in groups that collaborate to develop knowledge in technology rich environments.
Learning methods and activities
Joint colloqium and own theory essay
Recommended previous knowledge
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Course materials
Articles and book chapters, to be defined at the beginning of the course.
Subject areas
- Computer and Information Science