4 emerging principles of connected learning
4 emerging principles of connected learning
- April 8, 2014
- Research by Mizuko “Mimi” Ito, anthropology and informatics professor and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning, is featured in Campus Technology April 8, 2014
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From Campus Technology:
According to Mimi Ito, professor in residence in the departments of Anthropology
and Informatics at University of California, Irvine, today's young students are heavily
invested in social media and other peer resources (such as communities of interest,
enthusiast forums, tutorial sites and the like) – much more so than older generations,
who tend to think of these activities as "at best a fun diversion or at worst a serious
distraction from learning." In her research into connected learning, however, she's
discovered that the opposite is true.
For the full story, please visit http://campustechnology.com/articles/2014/04/08/4-emerging-principles-of....
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