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This position paper presents work in progress (within the first year) of the doctoral research into adoption of social collaborative e-learning in higher education. The research coins three concepts which intersect to form the fourth, social collaborative e-learning. These concepts are: informal learning, social networking and learning management. This paper explores the conceptual and theoretical role of informal learning practices in building social collaborative e-learning environment. Specifically the paper will:
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Explain the role of informal learning in formal educational setting
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Introduce informal learning strategies that can be adopted within formal educational programmes to scaffold e-learning
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Discuss the implications of involving educators and learners in informal interactions as a scaffold to formal education.
The paper concentrates on how strategies can be used to promote social collaborative e-learning within a higher education context. The desk-based research method was used in this research leading to the development of a framework for informal learning proposed in this paper.
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Otto, F., Williams, S. (2014). Social Collaborative e-Learning in Higher Education: Exploring the Role of Informal Learning. In: Vincenti, G., Bucciero, A., Vaz de Carvalho, C. (eds) E-Learning, E-Education, and Online Training. eLEOT 2014. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 138. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13293-8_16
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