Activity theory, authentic learning and emerging technologies : towards a transformative higher education pedagogy /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge,
2015.
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| Series: | Routledge research in higher education.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Activity Theory; 1 Introduction to Cultural-Historical Activity Theory and tool mediation; 2 Learning in sites of practice through a CHAT lens; 3 The Aṉangu Tertiary Education Program in remote northwest South Australia: a CHAT perspective; 4 Mediating learning in a blended postgraduate course; Part II Authentic learning; 5 Introduction to authentic learning
- 6 Learning to conduct research by doing: a case study in a postgraduate health education program7 Authentic learning in an undergraduate research methodologies course; 8 Facilitating creative problem solving in the entrepreneurship curriculum through authentic learning activities; Part III Emerging technologies; 9 Introduction to emerging technologies; 10 Twenty-first-century pedagogies: portraits of South African higher educators using emerging technologies; 11 Emerging technologies in New Zealand: a pedagogical framework for mobile social media
- 12 The affordances of three-dimensional virtual worlds as authentic learning environmentsPart IV Case studies; 13 The case studies: CHAT in use; Case study 13.1 Designing an effective undergraduate vocal pedagogy environment: a case of cultural-historical activity approach in a singing course; Case study 13.2 Towards authentic learning for professional development at the Centre for Academic Technologies (CAT); Case study 13.3 Where Activity Theory and authentic learning principles intersect: kick-starting learning activity design for mathematics teaching
- Case study 13.4 Understanding the implementation of curriculum innovation from an Activity Theory perspectiveCase study 13.5 A wiki for mediating learning in anatomy; Case study 13.6 From consumption to production of knowledge: using digital storytelling to enhance authenticity of industrial design students' learning; 14 The case studies: authentic learning; Case study 14.1 Transforming obstetric experiences through students' construction of collaborative critical insights; Case study 14.2 Using Google Drive to facilitate a blended approach to authentic learning
- Case study 14.3 Using wikis and blogs to mediate authentic learning: a case of teaching sport science education15 The case studies: emerging technologies; Case study 15.1 The use of Facebook as a cognitive tool to mediate studio-based learning in an architectural course; Case study 15.2 Using mobile phones to mediate learning of mathematics among repeating students at a South African higher education institution; Case study 15.3 Using Facebook to promote authentic learning: a case of teaching microbiology