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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:https://repository.isls.org//handle/1/992
Title: Synergistic Scaffolding of Technologically-Enhanced STEM Learning in Informal Institutions
Authors: Lyons, Leilah
Anderson, Emma
Carney, Michael
Elinich, Karen
Lindgren, Robb
Tscholl, Michael
Quintana, Chris
Roberts, Jessica
Wang, Joyce
Yoon, Susan
Tabak, Iris
Issue Date: Jun-2014
Publisher: Boulder, CO: International Society of the Learning Sciences
Citation: Lyons, L., Anderson, E., Carney, M., Elinich, K., Lindgren, R., Tscholl, M., Quintana, C., Roberts, J., Wang, J., Yoon, S., & Tabak, I. (2014). Synergistic Scaffolding of Technologically-Enhanced STEM Learning in Informal Institutions. In Joseph L. Polman, Eleni A. Kyza, D. Kevin O'Neill, Iris Tabak, William R. Penuel, A. Susan Jurow, Kevin O'Connor, Tiffany Lee, and Laura D'Amico (Eds.). Learning and Becoming in Practice: The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2014. Volume 3. Colorado, CO: International Society of the Learning Sciences, pp. 1456-1465.
Abstract: Scaffolding is often strongly associated with the structure of classroom educational software (Quintana et al., 2004), despite originally not involving classrooms or technology (Wood et al., 2007). Tabak argued that scaffolding can be productively distributed across a learning environment's varied educational resources, proposing a "synergistic scaffolding" design pattern: "different supports that augment each other; they interact and work in concert to guide a single performance of a task or goal" (Tabak, 2004). This symposium argues that synergistic scaffolding is particularly apt for informal learning environments like museums, where visitors draw on a diverse array of technological, social, and physical resources while learning. Examples spanning collaborative data exploration, multi-context inquiry learning, mixed-reality simulations, and augmented reality exhibits are presented. Each details the educational resources either intentionally designed into the environments or appropriated by visitors as they learn. These examples highlight how designers can enhance informal learning by looking for potential synergies.
URI: https://doi.dx.org/10.22318/icls2014.1456
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