Social infrastructures as barriers and foundation for informal learning: Technology integration in an urban after-school center

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-103

  Barkhuus, Louise ^a   Lecusay, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

children; education; ethnography; learning technologies

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; ETHNOGRAPHY; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INFORMAL LEARNING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING PROGRAMS; LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES; POWER INFRASTRUCTURES; SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE; SOCIAL LEARNING; TECHNOLOGY DESIGNS; TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION;

EDUCATION;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84857922497     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: 15737551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-012-9157-3     Document Type: Article

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