Title :
Using social software to informal learning in higher education
Author :
Libo Yang ; Xin Li
Author_Institution :
Comput. & Inf. Technol. Coll., NorthEast Pet. Univ., Daqing, China
Abstract :
The paper intends to explore social software as a meaningful environment for informal learning in higher education. The paper analyses the nature of informal learning and discusses how students learn from other people through building the learning community based on social software. The paper is shown that students discuss and learn knowledge of production of television by informal learning that supports by social software.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; further education; social networking (online); software engineering; higher education; informal learning; learning community; social software; television production; Biological system modeling; Blogs; Certification; Education; Erbium; Lead; Motion pictures; higher education; informal learning; social software;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science & Education (ICCSE), 2013 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Colombo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4464-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICCSE.2013.6554121