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UNINA9910464977403321 |
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Francis Russell James <1970-, > |
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The decentring of the traditional university : the future of (self) education in virtually figured worlds / / Russell Francis |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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1-283-58955-9 |
9786613902009 |
1-135-16126-7 |
0-203-85802-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (168 p.) |
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Education, Higher - Computer network resources |
Language and languages - Computer-assisted instruction |
Shared virtual environments |
Distance education |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Cover; The Decentring of the Traditional University; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface by Anne Edwards; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. From the culture industry to participatory culture; Understanding media change: from the culture industry to participatory culture; Media change and learning; Peering into the future of (self ) education; Research site, informants and data collection; 2. Cognitive anthropology on the Cyberian frontier; Introduction; Sociocultural and activity theory: an overview; Cognitive anthropology and studies of cognition in the wild |
Expansive learning: double binds, breaking away and horizontal developmentsProjective identities and virtually figured worlds; Digitally mediated practice as new media literacy; Summary; 3. The learner as designer; Introduction; Understanding the learner as designer; The scope of design work in the new media age; The challenges and choices confronting the learner as designer; Towards a theory of mindful design; Summary; 4. Creative appropriation, new media and self- |
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education; Introduction; The concept of creative appropriation expanded; Breaking away from the traditional university |
Creative appropriation and authentic needCreative appropriation: driving cultural change from the bottom up; Identity as a mediator and motivator of learning activity; Challenges, choices and new media literacies; Summary; 5. Globally distributed funds of living knowledge; Introduction; Conceptual building blocks for understanding collaborative learning beyond the networked university; The formation of a fund of living knowledge; Cultivating and nurturing globally distributed funds of living knowledge; Mobilizing a globally distributed fund of living knowledge |
Nurturing a globally distributed fund of living knowledgeChallenges, choices and new media literacies; Summary; 6. Learning through serious play in virtually figured worlds; Bruner and the narrative construction of self; Learning by being in immersive game worlds; Worldmaking as self-making; Serious play, history in laptop and committed learning; Virtually figured worlds as expanded spaces of self-authoring; Lifelong learning beyond institutional boundaries; Summary; 7. The decentring of the traditional university; Introduction; Two approaches to understanding the implications of media change |
Conceptualizing higher education with the aid of Engeström's extended mediational triangleAre we witnessing the decentring of the traditional university?; Implications for educational policy and practice; Directions for further research; Towards a developmental research agenda; Appendix: Data collection strategy and methods; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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The Decentring of the Traditional University provides a unique perspective on the implications of media change for learning and literacy that allows us to peer into the future of (self) education. Each chapter draws on socio-cultural and activity theory to investigate how resourceful students are breaking away from traditional modes of instruction and educating themselves through engagement with a globally interconnected web-based participatory culture. The argument is developed with reference to the findings of an ethnographic study that focused on university students' info |
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UNICAMPANIAVAN00122578 |
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Gregorio Magno e l'agiografia fra 4. e 7. secolo : atti dell'Incontro di studio delle Università degli studi di Verona e Trento : Verona, 10-11 dicembre 2004 / a cura di Antonella Degl'Innocenti, Antonio De Prisco e Emore Paoli |
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Firenze, : SISMEL-Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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304 p. : ill. ; 25 cm + 1 CD-ROM |
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