Minimalist design for informal learning in community computing

Mary Beth Rosson; John M. Carroll

doi:10.1007/1-4020-3591-8_5

Minimalist design for informal learning in community computing

Mary Beth Rosson, John M. Carroll

College of Information Sciences and Technology

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Abstract

We discuss the role and characteristics of informal learning in a community computing context. We argue that minimalist design can be adapted to the needs of community computing, and that its principles can be used to envision and develop community activities and technologies that promote active learning. We illustrate these ideas with several community computing projects that exemplify how to embed learning in meaningful activities, enable learners to make progress quickly, promote thinking and inference, evoke and leverage prior knowledge, and support error recognition and recovery. We conclude with a discussion of how minimalism might be used more broadly to guide the design of community computing systems and activities.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2nd Communities and Technologies Conference, C and T 2005
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Pages	75-94
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	140203590X, 9781402035906
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3591-8_5
State	Published - 2005
Event	2nd Communities and Technologies Conference, C and T 2005 - Milan, Italy Duration: Jun 13 2005 → Jun 16 2005

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Other	2nd Communities and Technologies Conference, C and T 2005
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Milan
Period	6/13/05 → 6/16/05

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Management of Technology and Innovation
Computer Networks and Communications

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Rosson, MB & Carroll, JM 2005, Minimalist design for informal learning in community computing. in Proceedings of the 2nd Communities and Technologies Conference, C and T 2005. Proceedings of the 2nd Communities and Technologies Conference, C and T 2005, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 75-94, 2nd Communities and Technologies Conference, C and T 2005, Milan, Italy, 6/13/05. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3591-8_5

Minimalist design for informal learning in community computing. / Rosson, Mary Beth; Carroll, John M.
Proceedings of the 2nd Communities and Technologies Conference, C and T 2005. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2005. p. 75-94 (Proceedings of the 2nd Communities and Technologies Conference, C and T 2005).

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