Emergent Technologies and Social Connectedness in Learning

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Author(s): Kumar Laxman (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)and Yap Kueh Chin (Nanyang Technological University,Singapore)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 13
Source title: Social Development and High Technology Industries: Strategies and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ahmet Cakir (Institute of Ergonomics, Germany)and Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos (Universidad de Oviedo, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-192-4.ch003

Keywords: Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities

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The judicious embedment of technologies in educational contexts can foster learning environments that encourage thoughtful reflections and support deeper learning to occur. Emergent technologies has the capacity to foster effective online learning environments where social processes of learning involving collaboration can be facilitated. Social construction of knowledge facilitated by virtual collaborative platforms can generate a community of learners where the more knowledgeable members share their expertise with their peers. In this chapter, the authors explore the affordances of emergent technologies such as asynchronous discussion forums, synchronous computer mediated communications and 3-D virtual realities in educational contexts. Such technologies can be harnessed to support the paradigmatic shift in instruction to foster more socially-mediated collaborative learning environments.

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