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Author Williams, Robin, 1952 November 13-

Title Social learning in technological innovation : experimenting with information and communication technologies / Robin Williams, James Stewart, Roger Slack
Published Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, [2005]
©2005

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Description xii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The scope and methods of the study -- 3. What do we mean by social learning? -- 4. Mapping the process and space for social learning -- 5. Social learning in technology design -- 6. Social learning in technology appropriation : innofusion and domestication -- 7. The conduct and management of digital experiments -- 8. Policy contexts and debates : national settings for ICT adoption -- 9. Supporting social learning : implications for policy and practice
Summary "This book explores the innovation processes involved in the application and use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) at work and in everyday life. These are analysed through an unparalleled set of 23 European case studies, which, uniquely, address both the design/development and the implementation of ICT applications across the cultural, civic information and education sectors." "The book will have an immediate readership amongst scholars of technology studies, as well as researchers and practitioners interested in computer system development and human computer interaction."--BOOK JACKET
Notes "This book presents the main findings of a major European study of Social Learning in Multimedia (SLIM)"--Acknowledgements
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Technological innovations -- Social aspects.
Information technology -- Social aspects.
Social learning.
Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- Europe -- Case studies.
Information technology -- Social aspects -- Europe -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Author Stewart, James, 1968-
Slack, Roger, 1965-
LC no. 2004058350
ISBN 1843767295 :
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