ERIC Number: EJ1201228
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1134-3478
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Distributed Digital Contexts and Learning: Personal Empowerment and Social Transformation in Marginalized Populations
Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, v27 n58 p51-60 2019
The role of digital media and learning has often been synonymous with the use of open education resources in formal institutional settings. Further, open and distance learning has been criticized for focusing narrowly on educational objectives, ignoring sociopolitical issues of access and participation by marginalized populations. This study examines the lived experiences of female migrant domestic workers (N=20) in Singapore attending Open University. Mobile and social media supplement open and distance learning resources to allow for open practices of consumption, production and sharing in distributed contexts of digital learning. Marginalized students engaged in participation and collaboration activities, with specific privacy practices due to their social positions. Digital learning led to substantive learning for personal empowerment and social transformation, with aspirational strategies often involving digital skills. The discussion reflects on identity management across formal and informal digital settings as a means of transforming societal discourses of discrimination.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Females, Migrant Workers, Service Occupations, Student Empowerment, Empowerment, Social Media, Distance Education, Open Universities, Disadvantaged, Cooperation, Privacy, Electronic Learning, Computer Literacy, Skill Development, Self Concept, Social Discrimination, Information Utilization, Users (Information), Enrollment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Singapore
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