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What is connected learning and how to research it?
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posted on 2014-01-01, 00:00 authored by K Kumpulainen, Julian Sefton-GreenJulian Sefton-GreenEfforts to understand the dynamic processes of learning situated across space and time, beyond the here and now, are presently challenging traditional definitions of learning and education. How can we conceptualise learning in a way that is able to respond to and explain the increasing complexity, connectivity, and velocity of our times? We elaborate on the notion of “connected learning” as a conceptual heuristic that has recently received recognition as a potential lens and a model through which to research and promote learning as a holistic experience that stretches beyond formal and informal communities. We reflect on the methodological challenges of describing, defining, and analysing connected learning across young peoples’ everyday “learning lives” from the sociocultural and dialogic perspectives. We discuss such key notions for connected learning as understanding, tracking, and tracing learners; chronotopes; boundary crossing; intertextuality; and learning lives.
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International journal of learning and mediaVolume
4Issue
2Pagination
7 - 18Publisher
MIT PressLocation
Cambridge, Mass.Publisher DOI
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1943-6068Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2014, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUsage metrics
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