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Creating Interactive Non-formal Learning Opportunities in Resource-Deprived Distant Learning Institutions

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The rapid growth of technology has a profound effect on education, affecting both content and pedagogy and on the socio-cultural context in which it occurs. The term learning experience is used to reflect the pedagogical and technological shifts that have occurred in the design and delivery of education to learners. The importance of the socio-cultural context in which the learning takes place has a great impact on their learning. Creating such learning experiences is challenging, creating learning experiences in Open Distance e-Learning institutions (ODeL) is even more challenging. Furthermore, the evaluation of such an experience must address more than one discipline. The paper shows how data are drawn from an interactive learning experience that aligns academic goals and enrichment activities that support formal learning. To create the experience, the educational potential of social media was employed in a community of practice. Phenomenology as a philosophical worldview was used to study the experience of people in the context of open distance learning, using social media in a Computer Science environment. It is particularly useful and relevant for researchers interested in understanding the contextual realities of interactive learning communities. As a result, this contribution put forward specific attributes that affect mobile tutoring in resource-deprived distance learning environments. This study is yet unpublished, as it is part of a larger doctoral endeavor.

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le Roux, P., van Staden, C. (2020). Creating Interactive Non-formal Learning Opportunities in Resource-Deprived Distant Learning Institutions. In: Huang, TC., Wu, TT., Barroso, J., Sandnes, F.E., Martins, P., Huang, YM. (eds) Innovative Technologies and Learning. ICITL 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12555. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63885-6_42

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