Unintended Effects in Using Learning Technologies.

Herrmann, Allan; Fox, Robert; Boyd, Anna

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Publication Date: 2000

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Unintended Effects in Using Learning Technologies.

Herrmann, Allan; Fox, Robert; Boyd, Anna

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, n88 p39-48 Win 2000

Unintended effects of learning technologies include temptation to play, competing needs for access, displacement of teaching goals, and displacement rather than transfer of costs. These effects can be managed by focusing on design and development, the user, and feedback. (SK)

Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Adult Education, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Problems

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Language: English

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