This document discusses using personal technologies to develop professional skills in computing students. It proposes using tools like Skype, RSS feeds, wikis and blogs to give students experience coordinating online. This allows them to learn enculturation and professional practices virtually, at scale. It argues this approach privileges learning tool usage over content delivery. Students must learn to maintain personal organization and commitments online. Their online persona and identity may differ from physical interactions, with implications for how they develop social commitments through mediated communication.
Issues of Persona, Identity, and Professional Enculturation in Online Learning Environments
1. Personal Technologies as Masks: Issues of Persona and Identity in Learner Engagement and Professional Practice Mark Johnson Claire Brierley University of Bolton
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