Emergent Technologies and Social Connectedness in Learning

Emergent Technologies and Social Connectedness in Learning

Kumar Laxman, Yap Kueh Chin
ISBN13: 9781613501924|ISBN10: 1613501927|EISBN13: 9781613501931
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-192-4.ch003
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Laxman, Kumar, and Yap Kueh Chin. "Emergent Technologies and Social Connectedness in Learning." Social Development and High Technology Industries: Strategies and Applications, edited by Ahmet Cakir and Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 25-37. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-192-4.ch003

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Laxman, K. & Chin, Y. K. (2012). Emergent Technologies and Social Connectedness in Learning. In A. Cakir & P. Ordóñez de Pablos (Eds.), Social Development and High Technology Industries: Strategies and Applications (pp. 25-37). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-192-4.ch003

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Laxman, Kumar, and Yap Kueh Chin. "Emergent Technologies and Social Connectedness in Learning." In Social Development and High Technology Industries: Strategies and Applications, edited by Ahmet Cakir and Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, 25-37. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-192-4.ch003

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Abstract

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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