Connected Learning in the Library as a Product of Hacking, Making, Social Diversity and Messiness

Autor/in	Bilandzic, Mark
Titel	Connected Learning in the Library as a Product of Hacking, Making, Social Diversity and Messiness
Quelle	In: Interactive Learning Environments, 24 (2016) 1, S.158-177 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-4820
DOI	10.1080/10494820.2013.825811
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Public Libraries; Informal Education; Cooperative Learning; Communities of Practice; Social Networks; Information Technology; Student Diversity; Expertise; Barriers; Educational Environment; Independent Study; Incidental Learning; Socialization; Ethnography; Focus Groups; Qualitative Research; Observation; Grounded Theory; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Public library; Stadtbücherei; Öffentliche Bibliothek; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Kooperatives Lernen; Community; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Informationstechnologie; Expert appraisal; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Selbststudium; Inzidentelles Lernen; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Ethnografie; Qualitative Forschung; Beobachtung; Australien
Abstract	Learning is most effective when intrinsically motivated through personal interest, and situated in a supportive socio-cultural context. This paper reports on findings from a study that explored implications for design of interactive learning environments through 18 months of ethnographic observations of people's interactions at "Hack The Evening" (HTE). HTE is a meetup group initiated at the State Library of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, and dedicated to provide visitors with opportunities for connected learning in relation to hacking, making and do-it-yourself technology. The results provide insights into factors that contributed to HTE as a social, interactive and participatory environment for learning--knowledge is created and co-created through "uncoordinated interactions" among participants that come from a "diversity" of backgrounds, skills and areas of expertise. The insights also reveal challenges and barriers that the HTE group faced in regards to connected learning. Four dimensions of design opportunities are presented to overcome those challenges and barriers towards improving connected learning in library buildings and other free-choice-learning environments that seek to embody a more interactive and participatory culture among their users. The insights are relevant for librarians as well as designers, managers and decision-makers of other interactive and free-choice-learning environments. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01