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dc.contributor.authorCousins, Sarah Bernadetteen
dc.contributor.authorBissar, Douniaen
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-07T11:08:53Zen
dc.date.available2015-09-07T11:08:53Zen
dc.date.issued2012-12en
dc.identifier.citationCousins, S., Bissar, D. (2012) 'Adapting to the digital age: a narrative approach'. Research in Learning Technology vol 20 Decen
dc.identifier.issn2047-3265en
dc.identifier.doi10.3402/rlt.v20i0.18976en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/576863en
dc.description.abstractThe article adopts a narrative inquiry approach to foreground informal learning and exposes a collection of stories from tutors about how they adapted comfortably to the digital age. We were concerned that despite substantial evidence that bringing about changes in pedagogic practices can be difficult, there is a gap in convincing approaches to help in this respect. In this context, this project takes a “bottom-up” approach and synthesises several life-stories into a single persuasive narrative to support the process of adapting to digital change. The project foregrounds the small, every-day motivating moments, cultural features and environmental factors in people's diverse lives which may have contributed to their positive dispositions towards change in relation to technology enhanced learning. We expect that such narrative approaches could serve to support colleagues in other institutions to warm up to ever-changing technological advances.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCo-Action Publishingen
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/18976en
dc.subjectnarrative inquiryen
dc.subjectresonanceen
dc.subjectstoryen
dc.subjectengagementen
dc.subjectinformal learningen
dc.subjectX300 Academic studies in Educationen
dc.titleAdapting to the digital age: a narrative approachen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Bedfordshireen
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Essexen
dc.identifier.journalResearch in learning technologyen
html.description.abstractThe article adopts a narrative inquiry approach to foreground informal learning and exposes a collection of stories from tutors about how they adapted comfortably to the digital age. We were concerned that despite substantial evidence that bringing about changes in pedagogic practices can be difficult, there is a gap in convincing approaches to help in this respect. In this context, this project takes a “bottom-up” approach and synthesises several life-stories into a single persuasive narrative to support the process of adapting to digital change. The project foregrounds the small, every-day motivating moments, cultural features and environmental factors in people's diverse lives which may have contributed to their positive dispositions towards change in relation to technology enhanced learning. We expect that such narrative approaches could serve to support colleagues in other institutions to warm up to ever-changing technological advances.


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