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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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Being a Learner Using Social Media in School: The Case of Space2cre8
Vasbø, Kristin Beate; Silseth, Kenneth; Erstad, Ola
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, v58 n1 p110-126 2014
The aim of this article is to gain knowledge about what it means to be a learner using social media in an educational setting. The article presents an ethnographic study of students in a multiethnic community in Oslo who participate in a social networking site called Space2cre8 (S28). In this article, we set out to explore the kind of space for learning that can be created in a lower secondary classroom by a social networking site. The article provides a detailed study of how two students made use of this social networking site as part of school activities, and it outlines two specific ways in which to be a learner using social media in school. The findings suggest that a social networking site such as S28 can provide different resources for different students with different learner identities, and might represent a space in which everyday knowledge and school knowledge merge to offer a hybrid space for learning.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mass Media Use, Social Networks, Ethnography, Secondary School Students, Classroom Techniques, Technology Uses in Education, School Activities, Student Participation, Network Analysis, Classroom Observation Techniques, Interviews, Interaction Process Analysis, Profiles, Video Technology, Web 2.0 Technologies, Electronic Publishing
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Norway (Oslo)
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