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Virtual Learning Environment (ClassSim) Examined Under the Frame of Andragogy

Virtual Learning Environment (ClassSim) Examined Under the Frame of Andragogy

Lisa Carrington, Lisa Kervin, Brian Ferry
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781615206780|ISBN10: 1615206787|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616922214|EISBN13: 9781615206797
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-678-0.ch022
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Carrington, Lisa, et al. "Virtual Learning Environment (ClassSim) Examined Under the Frame of Andragogy." Looking Toward the Future of Technology-Enhanced Education: Ubiquitous Learning and the Digital Native, edited by Martin Ebner and Mandy Schiefner, IGI Global, 2010, pp. 394-411. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-678-0.ch022

APA

Carrington, L., Kervin, L., & Ferry, B. (2010). Virtual Learning Environment (ClassSim) Examined Under the Frame of Andragogy. In M. Ebner & M. Schiefner (Eds.), Looking Toward the Future of Technology-Enhanced Education: Ubiquitous Learning and the Digital Native (pp. 394-411). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-678-0.ch022

Chicago

Carrington, Lisa, Lisa Kervin, and Brian Ferry. "Virtual Learning Environment (ClassSim) Examined Under the Frame of Andragogy." In Looking Toward the Future of Technology-Enhanced Education: Ubiquitous Learning and the Digital Native, edited by Martin Ebner and Mandy Schiefner, 394-411. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-678-0.ch022

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Abstract

ClassSim, an online simulation, was developed to support existing teacher education programs by providing pre-service teachers with access to additional classroom experience. This research reports on how pre-service teachers make use of the virtual learning environment to link knowledge from university coursework with field experiences and through this, we are able to examine affordances the virtual environment offers pre-service teacher learning. Andragogy provides a theoretical framework to review and make assumptions about the nature of learning for the participants. A comparative case study approach allows for in-depth comparison of two cohorts of pre-service teachers (first and final year) as they interact with the ClassSim environment.

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