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Direct linkRambe, Patient – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2011
Social networking sites (SNS) affordances for persistent interaction, collective generation of knowledge, and formation of peer-based clusters for knowledge sharing render them useful for developing constructivist knowledge environments. However, notwithstanding their academic value, these environments are not necessarily insulated from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education, Information Technology, Social Networks
Boughey, Chrissie – International Journal of Educational Research, 2008
This article uses "close-up" ethnographic research to provide an account of students' engagement with learning in a South African university. Broadly based on Halliday's [Halliday, M. A. K. (1973). "Explorations in the functions of language". London: Edward Arnold; Halliday, M. A. K. (1978). "Language as social…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Foreign Countries, College Students, Language Skills
Peer reviewedGravett, S. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 1995
Argues, based on a constructivist view of learning, that if knowledge is constructed rather than recorded as received, instruction must be viewed as creating learning environments that enhance the process of knowledge construction, and should guide, support, and accompany students in constructing an increasingly sophisticated understanding of…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Instruction, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning)
