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Learning in an Age of Participatory Culture: A Review of Informal Learning Through Social Media

Author
Jiahui Du and Yoo Kyung Chang
Year
2020
Publisher
Springer
DOI/Link
10.1007/978-981-15-8167-0_11
Abstract
Online participation through social media has been considered as having a great potential for promoting learning. However, the effectiveness depends on multiple factors. This paper identifies (1) the learner’s motivation toward using social media to engage in informal learning and (2) the opportunities and challenges in implementing social media for informal learning through the review of 15 empirical articles. The review indicates that people are motivated to participate in learning based on their personal interests and experiences, the desire to share knowledge and exchange information. Their motivation is fundamental to the emergence of informal learning. Moreover, social media could facilitate informal learning as either personal learning or learning in a community. The considerations of this study can contribute to the current understanding of online informal learning and also provide implications to the future design of instructional technologies.
Language
English
Keywords
Digital Literacy, Media Education
Tags
Media analysis

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