The decentring of the traditional university: the future of (self) education in virtually figured worlds

The Decentring of the Traditional University provides a unique perspective onthe implications of media change for learning and literacy that allows us to peer into the future of (self) education. Each chapter draws on socio-culturaland activity theory to investigate how resourceful students are breaking awayfrom traditional modes of instruction and educating themselves through engagement with a globally interconnected web-based participatory culture. The argument is developed with reference to the findings of an ethnographic study that focused on university students’ informal uses of social and participatory media. Each chapter draws attention to the shifting locus of agency for regulatingand managing learning and describes an emergent genre of learning activity. For example, Francis explores how students are cultivating and nurturing globally distributed funds of living knowledge that transcend institutional boundaries and describes students learning through serious play in virtually figured worlds that support radically personalised lifelong learning agendas. These stories also highlight the challenges and choices learners confront as they struggle to negotiate the faultlines of media convergence and master the new media literacies required to exploit the full potential of Web 2.0 as a learning resource.

• ISBN: 978-0-415-55053-6
• Editorial: Routledge
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 176
• Fecha Publicación: 08/11/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés