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Informal Participation in Science in the UK: Identification, Location and Mobility with iSpot
Eileen Scanlon; Will Woods; Doug Clow
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 17, No. 2 pp. 58–71
Informal participation in science is being recognized as an important way of developing science learning both for children and adults. Mobile learning has particular properties that have potential in informal science settings, particularly outside...
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Learning Design, Generic Service Descriptions and Universal Acid
Martin Weller; Alex Little; Patrick McAndrew; Will Woods
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 9, No. 1 (2006) pp. 138–145
This paper examines the contention that learning environments which use IMS Learning Designs can be created by plugging in different components, using generic service descriptions to create the interface between the Learning Design (LD) and the...
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Investigating the Relationships between Informal Learning and Player Involvement in Digital Games
Ioanna Iacovides; James Aczel; Eileen Scanlon; Will Woods
Learning, Media and Technology Vol. 37, No. 3 (2012) pp. 321–327
In the last few years, digital games have become increasingly popular with both "hardcore" and "casual" audiences. At the same time, it has been argued that games can be powerful learning environments, since they are seen to encourage active and...
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Motivation, Engagement and Learning through Digital Games
Eileen Scanlon; Ioanna Iacovides; James Aczel; Josie Taylor; Will Woods
International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments Vol. 2, No. 2 (April 2011) pp. 1–16
Digital games can be powerful learning environments because they encourage active learning and participation within “affinity groups” (Gee, 2004). However, the use of games in formal educational environments is not always successful (O’Neil et al.,...