• DocumentCode
    615478
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    26-28 April 2013
  • Firstpage
    1294
  • Lastpage
    1297
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer Science & Education (ICCSE), 2013 8th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Colombo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-4464-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCSE.2013.6554121
  • Filename
    6554121