Going beyond Technological Affordances -- Assessing Organizational and Socio-Interactional Affordances

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Title: Going beyond Technological Affordances -- Assessing Organizational and Socio-Interactional Affordances
Language: English
Authors: Lainema, Kirsi, Lainema, Timo, Hämäläinen, Raija, Heinonen, Kirsi
Source: International Association for Development of the Information Society. 2019.
Availability: International Association for the Development of the Information Society. e-mail: secretariat@iadis.org; Web site: http://www.iadisportal.org
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 8
Publication Date: 2019
Document Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Student Needs, Program Effectiveness, Technology Integration, Value Judgment, Educational Environment, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication, Business Administration Education, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Computer Simulation, Participative Decision Making, Teamwork, Computer Mediated Communication, Social Influences, Information Dissemination
Geographic Terms: Austria, Belgium, China, Estonia, Finland, New Zealand, United States
Abstract: Analysis of the applicability of a learning technology requires evaluating how the affordances of the technology respond to the users' needs. We examine affordances of a digital learning environment. We concentrate on organizational and socio-interactional affordances, which are based on technological affordances. The analysis shows how organizational and socio-interactional affordances emerge from the use of technological affordances. We offer an analytical understanding of the dynamics of various kinds of affordances and how they can be assessed to help educators to better understand how the learning process and the use of affordances can be facilitated and supported. [For the complete proceedings, see ED608557.]
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2020
Accession Number: ED608751
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Analysis of the applicability of a learning technology requires evaluating how the affordances of the technology respond to the users' needs. We examine affordances of a digital learning environment. We concentrate on organizational and socio-interactional affordances, which are based on technological affordances. The analysis shows how organizational and socio-interactional affordances emerge from the use of technological affordances. We offer an analytical understanding of the dynamics of various kinds of affordances and how they can be assessed to help educators to better understand how the learning process and the use of affordances can be facilitated and supported. [For the complete proceedings, see ED608557.]