Learning Contexts: A Blueprint For Research

• Autores: António Figueiredo
• Localización: Interactive Educational Multimedia, ISSN-e 1576-4990, Nº. 11, 2005, págs. 127-139
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Most research efforts in online learning tend to concentrate on the delivery of content relegating to a lesser role the contexts, the activity-rich, interaction-rich and culturallyrich learning environments that the use of technology is making possible and where new principles and practices apply. We illustrate some of the threads of this emerging research field: What are learning contexts? How do they interact with contents? How can they be managed? What philosophical perspectives and social theories frame and support their use? Can they be designed? How do they shape the platforms of the future?