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Anna R. Oliveri; Jeffrey Paul Carpenter – Information and Learning Sciences, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this conceptual paper is to describe how the affinity space concept has been used to frame learning via social media, and call for and discuss a refresh of the affinity space concept to accommodate changes in social media platforms and algorithms. Design/methodology/approach: Guided by a sociocultural perspective, this…
Descriptors: Social Media, Learning Strategies, Algorithms, Informal Education
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Tan, Su-Mae; Liew, Tze Wei; Gan, Chin Lay – Information and Learning Sciences, 2020
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to examine the effects of a learner's regulatory focus orientation and message frame of a motivational virtual agent in an e-learning environment. Design/methodology/approach: On the basis of quasi-experimental design, university sophomores (n = 210) categorized as chronic promotion-focus, chronic prevention-focus…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Technology Uses in Education, Electronic Learning, Computer Mediated Communication
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Donaldson, Jonan Phillip – Information and Learning Sciences, 2020
Purpose: Emergency transitions from face-to-face learning environments to digitally mediated learning require robust support networks, particularly in the form of communities of practice. Digitally enhanced communities of practice (DECoP) can be created and sustained when research-based design principles are used. The purpose of this paper is to…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Change, Distance Education