Social learning in technological innovation : Experimenting with information and communication technologies / Robin Williams, James Stewart, Roger Slack.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cheltenham, [England] ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: xii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1843767295
- 9781843767299
- 303.4833 22
- T173.8 .W549 2005
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"This book presents the main findings of a major European study of Social Learning in Multimedia (SLIM)"--Acknowledgements.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-263) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. The scope and methods of the study -- 3. What do we mean by social learning? -- 4. Mapping the process and space for social learning -- 5. Social learning in technology design -- 6. Social learning in technology appropriation : innofusion and domestication -- 7. The conduct and management of digital experiments -- 8. Policy contexts and debates : national settings for ICT adoption -- 9. Supporting social learning : implications for policy and practice.
"This book explores the innovation processes involved in the application and use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) at work and in everyday life. These are analysed through an unparalleled set of 23 European case studies, which, uniquely, address both the design/development and the implementation of ICT applications across the cultural, civic information and education sectors." "The book will have an immediate readership amongst scholars of technology studies, as well as researchers and practitioners interested in computer system development and human computer interaction."--BOOK JACKET.
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