Designing Connected Learning: Emerging learning systems in a craft teacher education course

Authors

  • Henrikka Vartiaien University of Eastern Finland
  • Sinikka Pöllänen University of Eastern Finland
  • Anu Liljeström University of Eastern Finland
  • Petter Vanninen University of Eastern Finland
  • Jorma Enkenberg University of Eastern Finland

Keywords:

connected learning, learning by collaborative designing, learning systems, teacher education

Abstract

This socioculturally informed study aims to apply learning by collaborative designing (LCD) as an instructional model for the creation and studying of new kinds of connected learning systems in teacher education. A case study was organized at the University of Eastern Finland in the context of an information and communication technology (ICT) course aimed at craft student teachers’ (N=13). A qualitative content analysis was used to describe the kind of learning systems that emerged when the students collaboratively designed an extended network of people, objects, and tools for their own learning and teaching. The results reveal that the student teams were active in designing and self-organising the learning environment in the pursuit of shared objects, and in using diverse tools and technologies for thinking and for collecting, organising and sharing information. Implications for designing connected learning and teaching across spaces and communities are also discussed.

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Published

2016-06-01

How to Cite

VARTIAIEN, H.; PÖLLÄNEN, S.; LILJESTRÖM, A.; VANNINEN, P.; ENKENBERG, J. Designing Connected Learning: Emerging learning systems in a craft teacher education course. Design and Technology Education: An International Journal, [S. l.], v. 21, n. 2, p. 32–40, 2016. Disponível em: https://openjournals.ljmu.ac.uk/DesignTechnologyEducation/article/view/1593. Acesso em: 21 dec. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2016): Design and Technology Education: An International Journal

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Research

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