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Tan, Elaine – Learning, Media and Technology, 2013
The focus of this paper is a project conducted in 2011, exploring the use of "YouTube" in the classroom. The project conducted a number of focus groups for which highlighted a number of issues surrounding independent informal learning environments. The questions posed by this research are concerned with what constitutes learning in these…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Electronic Learning, Video Technology, Social Networks
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Schuck, Sandy; Aubusson, Peter – Learning, Media and Technology, 2010
This article frames and theorises the nature of adolescents' informal experiences in Web 2.0 environments to articulate their fit or misfit with current conceptions of school education and educational practices. Adolescents are increasingly active Web 2.0 users. However, the traditional research and education communities have been slow to respond…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Practices, Internet, Social Networks
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Gouseti, Anastasia – Learning, Media and Technology, 2010
It could be said that in the fast-changing field of education technology the initial excitement for a tool or application usually fades away as the next technology emerges on the horizon--leaving little or no room for critical evaluation of how it may best be used in educational settings. Some critics have identified this endless "pursuit of the…
Descriptors: Semantics, Criticism, Educational Technology, Internet