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Digital, Material and Networked: Some Emerging Themes for Set Education
Digital, Material and Networked: Some Emerging Themes for Set Education

Author(s): Sarah Davies, Elaine Thomas, Steve Walker
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Higher Education
Published by: European Distance and E-Learning Network
Keywords: Networked learning; New ICT and media applications in learning; Online learning environments and platforms; Remote laboratories; Science, Engineering and Technology learning

Summary/Abstract: Boundaries between the digital and material worlds are becoming blurred as the internet increasingly connects us to things as well as people and information. This is increasingly relevant to education as initiatives which significantly combine digital and material elements in networks are becoming a reality for Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) learning. Our paper reports on the initial findings of a project to carry out a ‘state of the art’ review of literature to establish the key themes, opportunities and obstacles that are emerging from the development and use of these ‘hybrid’ systems in learning. We wanted to explore the extent to which this new domain of study is being reported in the literature and to identify work representative of this area. Our aim was to investigate the depth of research in this area by going beyond the technologically descriptive to focus on pedagogical and organisational issues raised in the literature.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 91-99
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English