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Showing 1 to 20 of 164 for “"Informal Learning"”.
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Digital games: motivation, engagement and informal learning
… relationships between motivation, engagement and informal learning, with respect to digital games and adult players. Following the reconceptualisation of motivation and engagement (as forms of micro and macro level involvement respectively) three linked studies were conducted. In the first study, …
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Antecedents of Informal Learning: A Study of Core Self-Evaluations and Work-Family Conflict and Their Effects on Informal Learning
Informal learning is a voluntary, unplanned, yet conscious act of engaging in learning and development that may include methods such as searching the Internet or asking co-workers questions. Antecedents of informal learning have received some focus from researchers interested in discovering …
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Geolearners: Informal Learning with Mobile and Social Technologies
… mobile and social technologies are influencing informal learning in the context of online community membership. The development of mobile technologies that use Global Positioning System (GPS) data to pinpoint geographical location together with the rapidly evolving Web 2.0 applications …
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Informal Learning Through Participation in Fransaskois Community-Based Governance
This research is a study of deputies’ informal learning content and processes and how they see their learning applied to the benefit of the Fransaskois (French-speakers from Saskatchewan) community. Participants were volunteer deputies in the Assemblée Communautaire Fransaskoise (ACF), a …
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Educating 'Gangsters': Social space, informal learning and becoming 'Gang' involved
This research focuses on the previously neglected topic of how people are educated into groups commonly described as ‘gangs’; in particular, this thesis outlines the role that social space plays in such educative processes. This focus enables both a new contribution to knowledge in the field of …
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Learning to Mother over Coffee and Cake: Naming our Informal Learning
This thesis is a feminist inquiry into the learning experiences of mothers in an informal Parent Support Group (PSG) that meets through regular coffee mornings. The research explores informal learning, motherhood and social support within a framework of Freirean and Feminist thinking. It situates …
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UNDERSTANDING INFORMAL LEARNING IN VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITIES OF TEACHERS IN KAZAKHSTAN
… overarching aim of understanding how to promote informal learning of teachers in virtual professional communities in Kazakhstan, this study explored this phenomenon within the conceptual framework identified by a review of related concepts, in particular a triangle of learning factors, namely, …
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Worker Use Of Social Media For Informal Learning In A Corporate Environment
… use of social media that lead to successful informal learning outcomes in the corporate environment. This qualitative research used a phenomenological methodology. The criterion-based sample consisted of 13 knowledge workers within a Fortune 500 global manufacturing company. Data collection …
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The Effect of Sonification in Informal Learning: From Fairy Tales to Art Galleries
… to advance in the present era, lifelong learning has become essential across all stages of life. Learning occurs not only in formal institutional settings but also in informal contexts embedded in daily life. Within these informal learning environments, sonification can play a pivotal …
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Environmental education at Kwantlen Polytechnic University: Hidden curriculum, informal learning of Pro-environmental Values
… to identify if and how the hidden curriculum (informal teaching and learning) on Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) campuses influences students’ pro-environmental behaviour and ideas. The study aims to make the invisible visible. A phenomenographic approach involved interviewing 14 KPU …
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The effect of interactive technology on informal learning and performance in a social setting
… into the effect of interactive technology on informal learning and performance in a social business setting inhabited by knowledge workers. The central phenomenon examined is the variance in behavioral intention towards interactive Web 2.0 technologies in learning and performance-related …
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An Investigation of the Effects of Writing Instruction in an Ungraded Informal Learning Environment
… and describe the teaching of writing in an informal setting through the voices of teachers and students. The intent of this study was to describe the roles of teachers and students in this learning environment and specifically to describe the role of writing response groups in this …
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Eclectic styles ensembles and the role of informal learning experiences in secondary orchestra programs
… in students’ musical growth through the use of informal music learning practices. One high school orchestra program which features an extracurricular eclectic styles ensemble was examined through observation of rehearsals and interviews with the teacher and several students. Observation and …
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Unpicking the learning from the doing: an exploration of informal learning in a voluntary group
This thesis is an exploration of informal learning in a voluntary group. The research identified a large body of learning which has been done over an extended period of time by a group of people who have been motivated to learn in order to do. This learning is both implicit in their stories and …
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The influence of individual and organizational variables on informal learning among nurses in Korean hospitals
… use, refine and learn new knowledge and skills. Learning in hospital settings is both formal and informal. Marsick (2006) suggests that approximately 80 percent of skills in hospital work are learned in informal, day-to-day interaction. Formal learning has been extensively studied, and there are …
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Better the data you know : developing youth data literacy in schools and informal learning environments
… and address real-world issues: one in an informal learning environment, Young Rewired State's Festival of Code, and the other in a public school, City Digits: Local Lotto. Fourth, I analyze the challenges facing data literacy initiatives - from the constraints of the public school …
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Promoting Informal Learning Using a Context-Sensitive Recommendation Algorithm For a QRCode-based Visual Tagging System
… in the educational field has demonstrated that Informal Learning is an effective way to learn. Due to its casual nature it is often difficult for academic institutions to leverage this method of learning as part of a typical curriculum. Aim: This study planned to determine whether Informal …
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Distribution of Resource Use in an Informal Learning Environment: Using Sensor Technologies to Bring Geography Indoors
… users' perception and use of resources in informal learning environments. Through quantitative analysis this research tests the ideal free distribution hypothesis. Findings indicate that certain measures of use and value support the ideal free distribution hypothesis. These results help to …
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