Advances in Smart Systems Research

Publisher Future Technology Publications
Vol. 6 No. 1 Workshop Papers from KES Smart Digital Futures 2017
Journal ISSN 2050-8662
 
Article TitleFull Access Learning: A Conceptual Framework for 21st Century Education
Primary AuthorRocco Ricci, University of Toronto
Other Author(s) Karyn Cooper; Robert White
Pages 44 - 48
Article ID seel17-065
Publication Date 02-Nov-17
Abstract

As much as education revolves around fulfilling aspirations regarding an external curriculum, it can also be about fulfilling an internal desire and willingness to pursue more personally meaningful content. Informal learning, together with self-determination, can usher in a more fully democratic practice of acquiring knowledge and gaining information. Often, the learning that occurs informally and through self-determination incorporates some form of technology and tends to emanate from the learners themselves - rather than being imposed - and, thus, suggests a more personally meaningful and technological learning route. This narrative research suggests that informal, self-determined learning, together with technology, opens different and greater learning possibilities for individuals to explore. Through a new conceptual framework, Full Access Learning (FUAL) (Ricci, 2017), learning – in particular, technological learning initiatives - can take shape in personally meaningful ways. Examples of FUAL in action are shared, especially and specifically, in terms of digitally and technologically supported examples, where learners explore technology and a desire to learn specific and individually important knowledge.
 

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