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Constructivism and Learning in the Age of Social Media: Changing Minds and Learning Communities
Author(s) -
Schrader Dawn E.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.20160
Subject(s) - constructivism (international relations) , social constructivism , social learning , meaning (existential) , social media , process (computing) , psychology , sociology , epistemology , pedagogy , mathematics education , computer science , political science , international relations , politics , world wide web , law , philosophy , psychotherapist , operating system
Social media provide new means and opportunities for learning that are consistent with major tenets of both social and cognitive constructivism, and extend the process of learning and meaning construction to more diverse communities and universally accessible shared activities that are jointly and concurrently engaged in by both peers and experts.