Course DT8115

Learning in Technology Rich Environments

Meeting 23 October, 13-14, 236 IT-Syd

This course focuses on challenges and opportunities that arise from the introduction of technology in learning and teaching, with the assumption that a technology rich learning and teaching context is qualitatively different than one without technology.

In the selected syllabus technology is approached in a pragmatic way, focusing on how technology in real life is incorporated into practices found in business and education. The overall perspective acknowledges that what technology ´is ´ dependents on a complex interplay between people, their agenda and intentions, the affordances of technology (what technology lends itself to), how technology may be appropriated, etc.

The course will present activity theory and its role in the design and evaluation of systems supporting collaborative learning, the notion of information ecologies, situated learning and in general issues that are core in groups that collaborate to develop knowledge in technology rich environments.

The final grade is based on an oral exam (50%) and a written essay (50%). Topic of the essay has to be agreed upon with the teacher at the beginning of the course.

Please contact the course organizers for further information or if you plan to take the course: 

Monica Divitini [divitini AT idi DOT ntnu DOT no]

Leif Martin Hokstad [Leif.Hokstad AT svt DOT ntnu DOT no]

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Last updated: October 6, 2008