TY - JOUR
T1 - Interest-driven digital practices of secondary students
T2 - Cases of connected learning
AU - DENG, Liping
AU - CONNELLY, Jan
AU - Lau, Miki
N1 - Funding Information:
This study has been funded by the General Research Fund of Hong Kong ( GRF243312 ). We would like to thank all the participating teachers and students in our project as well.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - The study examines Chinese students' interest-driven practices outside of the classroom setting, and in particular how such practices are mediated by digital technologies and connected with school-based learning. It reports on the cases of connected learning extracted from a large research project that explored students' engagement with digital technologies. Drawing on the data collected through in-depth interviews and online artifacts, this paper portrays the digital practices of three secondary students in pursuit of their hobbies. The results show that students' interest-driven practices are manifested through four inter-connected dimensions: information consumption, sharing and production, interaction and participation, and problem-solving. Furthermore, their interest-based practices facilitate extra-curricular activities and complement formal in-school learning. There are also indications that teachers can play a guiding and supportive role in bringing together interest-based and school-based learning.
AB - The study examines Chinese students' interest-driven practices outside of the classroom setting, and in particular how such practices are mediated by digital technologies and connected with school-based learning. It reports on the cases of connected learning extracted from a large research project that explored students' engagement with digital technologies. Drawing on the data collected through in-depth interviews and online artifacts, this paper portrays the digital practices of three secondary students in pursuit of their hobbies. The results show that students' interest-driven practices are manifested through four inter-connected dimensions: information consumption, sharing and production, interaction and participation, and problem-solving. Furthermore, their interest-based practices facilitate extra-curricular activities and complement formal in-school learning. There are also indications that teachers can play a guiding and supportive role in bringing together interest-based and school-based learning.
KW - Connected learning
KW - Informal learning
KW - Interest-driven learning
KW - Youth digital practices
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84957076386&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.lcsi.2016.01.004
DO - 10.1016/j.lcsi.2016.01.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84957076386
SN - 2210-6561
VL - 9
SP - 45
EP - 54
JO - Learning, Culture and Social Interaction
JF - Learning, Culture and Social Interaction
ER -