Informal learning in the Web 2.0 environment : how Chinese students who are learning English use Web 2.0 tools for informal learning
| dc.contributor.advisor | Liu, Min, Ed. D. | |
| dc.creator | Li, Yiran, active 2013 | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-12-13T15:34:16Z | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-11T22:40:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-05-11T22:40:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-08 | en |
| dc.date.submitted | August 2013 | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2013-12-13T15:34:16Z | en |
| dc.description | text | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this master’s report was to investigate how Chinese students who were learning English used Web 2.0 tools for informal learning and to construct a model of informal learning in the Web 2.0 environment. I conducted a pilot study with 32 Chinese students who were learning English and tried to understand how they used Web 2.0 tools as informal learning tools to improve their English. Furthermore, I discussed the main challenges of informal learning in a Web 2.0 environment from the learners’ perspective and from a technical perspective. Then I proposed a model of informal learning in a Web 2.0 environment which may improve learning in an informal learning environment, and provide learners a possible learning method. It is hoped that this model will help students better master learning methods of informal learning in the Web 2.0 environment and lay a good foundation for lifelong learning. | en |
| dc.description.department | Curriculum and Instruction | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22681 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.subject | Informal learning | en |
| dc.subject | Web 2.0 environment | en |
| dc.subject | Learning strategies | en |
| dc.subject | Learning model | en |
| dc.title | Informal learning in the Web 2.0 environment : how Chinese students who are learning English use Web 2.0 tools for informal learning | en |