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Learning in Communities
John Millar . Ed(S): Carroll
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Description for Learning in Communities
Hardback. Because formal education cannot meet all learning needs, community learning is vital. In 2005, a group of multidisciplinary scholars met for a workshop on learning in communities, and this book is a compilation of papers that emanated from that workshop. Editor(s): Carroll, John Millar. Series: Human-Computer Interaction Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JNP; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 542.
Most learning takes place in communities. People continually learn through their participation with others in everyday activities. Such learning is important in contemporary society because formal education cannot prepare people for a world that changes rapidly and continually. We need to live in learning communities.
This volume gathers together all of the scholarly materials directly emanating from a workshop held in August 2005, when a multidisciplinary group of scholars met at Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology to discuss ‘learning in communities’. Initially, a sectioned report on the workshop was published as a special section in the ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Human-Computer Interaction Series
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848003316
SKU
V9781848003316
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99-15
About John Millar . Ed(S): Carroll
John M. Carroll is Edward M. Frymoyer Chair Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University. His research interests include methods and theory in human-computer interaction, particularly as applied to networking tools for collaborative learning and problem solving, and design of interactive information systems. Carroll serves on several editorial and advisory boards and is Editor-in-Chief of the ACM ... Read more
Reviews for Learning in Communities
From the reviews: "Learning in communities is for people involved in lifelong learning in all its manifestations: knowledge management, distributed learning, cognitive apprenticeship, communities of practice, or any of the other terms used in this diverse field. It is a book of wide scope, bringing together many viewpoints. … this book, in series of texts on human–computer interaction, ... Read more