Youth appropriation of social media for collaborative and facilitated design-based learning

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Highlights:

• Youth participated in an afterschool design-based STEM program.

• Social networking forums (SNFs) were integrated as tools for design-based learning.

• SNF posts were analyzed using the theoretical framework of connected learning.

• Youth used SNFs to collaborate with others on designs and articulate knowledge.

• Facilitators played a role in encouraging youth to persist in the design process.

摘要

•Youth participated in an afterschool design-based STEM program.•Social networking forums (SNFs) were integrated as tools for design-based learning.•SNF posts were analyzed using the theoretical framework of connected learning.•Youth used SNFs to collaborate with others on designs and articulate knowledge.•Facilitators played a role in encouraging youth to persist in the design process.

论文关键词:Collaborative learning,Design thinking,Facilitation strategies,Integrative STEM education,Middle school-age youth,Social media

论文评审过程:Available online 29 April 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.04.017