The why dimension - opening frontiers for digital learning
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Jonathan Mason Thesis
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Description
Digital learning has come a long way from the days of simple 'if-then' queries. It is now enabled by countless innovations that support knowledge sharing, openness, flexibility, and independent inquiry. Set against an evolutionary context this study investigated innovations that directly support human inquiry. Specifically, it identified five activities that together are defined as the 'why dimension' – asking, learning, understanding, knowing, and explaining why. Findings highlight deficiencies in mainstream search-based approaches to inquiry, which tend to privilege the retrieval of information as distinct from explanation. Instrumental to sense-making, the 'why dimension' provides a conceptual framework for development of 'sense-making technologies'.
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| ID Code: | 70093 |
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| Item Type: | QUT Thesis (PhD by Publication) |
| Supervisor: | Pillay, Hitendra & Bruce, Christine |
| Keywords: | digital learning, sense-making, why-questioning, why dimension, reflective practice, dialogic inquiry, scaffolding, cognitive engagement, semantics, inquiry-based learning |
| Divisions: | Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Faculty of Education Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Science & Engineering Faculty Current > Schools > School of Information Systems Past > Research Centres > Office of Education Research |
| Institution: | Queensland University of Technology |
| Deposited On: | 19 May 2014 01:27 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Sep 2017 14:48 |
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