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Adult and Continuing Education Administration

Adult Education Research Conference

2006

Technology

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Situated Learning In Virtual Worlds: The Learning Ecology Of Second Life, Elisabeth R. Hayes Jul 2006

Situated Learning In Virtual Worlds: The Learning Ecology Of Second Life, Elisabeth R. Hayes

Adult Education Research Conference

This research investigated the “learning ecology” of the virtual world, Second Life. Study goals were to: (a) determine how the design and social dynamics of one virtual world support as well as constrain various types of learning, and (b) suggest implications for the use of virtual worlds in adult education.


Intuiting, Socializing And Playing Around: Women’S Stories Of Informal Learning In The Information Technology Field, Shauna Butterwick, Kaela Jubas, Hong Zhu, Jen Liptrot Jun 2006

Intuiting, Socializing And Playing Around: Women’S Stories Of Informal Learning In The Information Technology Field, Shauna Butterwick, Kaela Jubas, Hong Zhu, Jen Liptrot

Adult Education Research Conference

This report is based on a study of the informal and alternative approaches to learning of women who are working in the rapidly expanding and changing IT field. Using their intuition, borrowing and sharing expertise, and through trial and error, study participants describe essential forms of learning often unacknowledged by both workers and employers