Understanding informal learning with technology: Insights for ICT integration
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EdMedia + Innovate Learning, Jun 27, 2005 in Montreal, Canada ISBN 978-1-880094-56-3
Abstract
The creative and integrated use of ICT's within social constructivist models of learning is now essential if we are to effectively develop young learner's capabilities. For many learners, however, their formal use of ICT falls well short of their out-of-school uses. At home - and in other informal settings-many young people become leading users of new technologies without formal instruction. Moreover, the activities they choose to use are highly collaborative and intellectually engaging. There is a pressing need to understand this phenomenon particularly in terms of the nature of this informal learning. This paper argues that a more through understanding could provide lessons for the effective integration of ICT in formal learning contexts. It is anticipated that the models to emerge from this study will represent a crucial step in the development of more effective ICT integration models.
Citation
Fitzgerald, R. (2005). Understanding informal learning with technology: Insights for ICT integration. In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2005--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 948-954). Montreal, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/20202.
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