TY - CHAP
T1 - Effective Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Informal Learning Spaces
AU - Frydenberg, Mark
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The relevance of the university "computer lab" as a dedicated space for using computers to connect to the Internet, is declining. Often in an out-of-the-way location and configured with terminals facing the walls, or in rows facing forward, the university computer lab does not fill the same need as it did a quarter-century ago. Today's learners bring own devices, laptops, tablets, and smart phones, loaded with software and apps, required for their projects.
AB - The relevance of the university "computer lab" as a dedicated space for using computers to connect to the Internet, is declining. Often in an out-of-the-way location and configured with terminals facing the walls, or in rows facing forward, the university computer lab does not fill the same need as it did a quarter-century ago. Today's learners bring own devices, laptops, tablets, and smart phones, loaded with software and apps, required for their projects.
UR - http://www.routledge.com/Exploring-Informal-Learning-Space-in-the-University-Its-Place-in-the-Digital/Walton-Matthews/p/book/9781472482617
M3 - Chapter
SP - 208
BT - Exploring Informal Learning Space in the University: Its Place in the Digital World
PB - Ashgate
ER -