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Mediated activity and the role of technology in peer-to-peer learning at the University of Fort Hare
Includes bibliographical references.
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| author | Olivier, Joy |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/14351 Mediated activity and the role of technology in peer-to-peer learning at the University of Fort Hare Olivier, Joy Czerniewicz, Laura Hardman, Joanne Technology in Education Peer-to-peer learning Includes bibliographical references. The following calls for research into the ways in which South African university students use technology for peer-to-peer learning (Czerniewicz and Brown, 2005). This study aims to explore the ways in which students mediate one another's learning and the ways in which they use (and don't use) information and communications technology (ICT) to do so. This study provides a snapshot of eleven University of Fort Hare students' peer-to-peer learning strategies. In exploring this phenomenon in context, the social and cultural factors are analysed using Activity Theory, most notably building on the work of Sharples et al (2007). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with students identified as early adopters of ICT for peer-to-peer learning, selected from 375 respondents to the Access and Use Survey questionnaire (Czerniewicz and Brown, 2007). An analytical framework was developed using categories developed from high-level Activity Theory concepts. Sub-categories were developed using key concepts from Sharples, Taylor and Vavoula (2007), Laurillard's (2003) work, as well as, inductively and deductively in relation to the data, following Hardman's (2008) approach. Three key peer-to-peer learning patterns were identified: A group of students preparing for an exam or a test were found to adopt cooperative learning strategies, while students working together towards a tangible output, such as an assignment, adopted collaborative learning strategies. Peer-to-peer tutoring was found to occur where one student is assisted by a moreable peer. Most interviewees' peer-to-peer learning activities were found to occur face-to-face, and the extent and level of interviewees' ICT use was less than anticipated. The findings are not generalisable beyond this small sample, but serve to advance understanding of the processes involved in students' peer-to-peer learning practices. 2015-10-25T17:10:22Z 2015-10-25T17:10:22Z 2010 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14351 eng application/pdf School of Education Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Technology in Education Peer-to-peer learning Olivier, Joy Mediated activity and the role of technology in peer-to-peer learning at the University of Fort Hare |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Mediated activity and the role of technology in peer-to-peer learning at the University of Fort Hare |
| title_full | Mediated activity and the role of technology in peer-to-peer learning at the University of Fort Hare |
| title_fullStr | Mediated activity and the role of technology in peer-to-peer learning at the University of Fort Hare |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mediated activity and the role of technology in peer-to-peer learning at the University of Fort Hare |
| title_short | Mediated activity and the role of technology in peer-to-peer learning at the University of Fort Hare |
| title_sort | mediated activity and the role of technology in peer to peer learning at the university of fort hare |
| topic | Technology in Education Peer-to-peer learning |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14351 |
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