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Scientific INQuiry (SINQ): Social media for everyday science learning

Gubbels, Michael; Yip, Jason; Kim, Jinyoung; Ahn, June

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/42535

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Title
Scientific INQuiry (SINQ): Social media for everyday science learning
Author(s)
  • Gubbels, Michael
  • Yip, Jason
  • Kim, Jinyoung
  • Ahn, June
Issue Date
2013-02
Keyword(s)
  • science inquiry
  • informal learning
  • social media
  • scaffolding
  • natural inquiry
  • education
  • human-computer interaction
  • social computing
Abstract
In this paper we describe SINQ, a prototype mobile social media (SM) application that utilizes social participation to guide learners through an everyday Scientific INQuiry process. The paper outlines the motivation for SINQ based on learning theories of scientific inquiry, the challenges associated with scientific inquiry learning within everyday settings, the design of SINQ to promote science inquiry, and the implications for design and learning with social media that we learned from this development experience.
Publisher
iSchools
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9776/13528
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Copyright © 2013 is held by the authors. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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