1st Edition
The Decentring of the Traditional University The Future of (Self) Education in Virtually Figured Worlds
By Russell Francis
Copyright 2010
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Decentring of the Traditional University provides a unique perspective on the implications of media change for learning and literacy that allows us to peer into the future of (self) education. Each chapter draws on socio-cultural and activity theory to investigate how resourceful students are breaking away from traditional modes of instruction and educating themselves through engagement... Read more
Introduction 1. From the Culture Industry to Participatory Culture 2. Cognitive Anthropology on the Cyberian Frontier 3. The Learner as Designer 4. Creative Appropriation, New Media and Self Education 5. Globally Distributed Funds of Living Knowledge 6. Learning through Serious Play in Virtually Figured Worlds 7 The Decentring of the Traditional University
Biography
Russell Francis is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Linnaeus Centre for Research on Learning, Interaction and Mediated Communications in Contemporary Society (LinCS), University of Gothenburg, Sweden and a Research Fellow at the Department of Education, University of Oxford, UK.
