Description: Decentring of the Traditional University : The Future of (Self) Education in Virtually Figured Worlds, Hardcover by Francis, Russell, ISBN 041555053X, ISBN-13 9780415550536, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Drawing on the findings of an ethnographic study of postgraduate students' informal uses of social and participatory media, Francis (education, U. of Oxford, UK) investigates how students are breaking away from traditional models of instruction and educating themselves through engagement with a globally interconnected web-based participatory culture. Real-life vignettes from students interviewed as part of the study support the author's argument that we need to re-conceive of higher education as an identity-project in which students work on their projective identities (or imagined future selves) through engagement with both formal and informal learning activities. Some topics explored include cognitive anthropology on the 'cyberian' frontier, the learner as designer, and learning through serious play in virtually figured worlds. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Decentring of the Traditional University : The Future of (Self) E
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
Publication Name: Decentring of the Traditional University : The Future of (Self) Education in Virtually Figured Worlds
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Computers & Technology, Student Life & Student Affairs, General, Higher, Research, Learning Styles, Virtual Worlds
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.6 Oz
Author: Russell Francis
Item Length: 9.4 in
Subject Area: Computers, Education
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
