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Motivating Learning and Skills Development in Netizens

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A significant concern of a contemporary teacher seeking to integrate social technologies (Web 2.0) into education is how to motivate students to engage in meaningful learning experiences and develop transferable skills. To influence Netizens’ motivation, we must ensure that the learning tasks are authentic, well scaffolded, assessed and provide feedback and information about where skills can be transferred to beyond the actual learning environment. This chapter elucidates our approach to motivate and develop transferable skills in learners by leveraging the socio-constructivist inclinations of Web 2.0 tools. We propose an integrated model that leverages the overlap between the principles of motivational design, the categories of the personal knowledge management (PKM) skills model and the concept of information literacy.

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    Ashwini Datt & Trudi Aspden

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Datt, A., Aspden, T. (2015). Motivating Learning and Skills Development in Netizens. In: Koh, C. (eds) Motivation, Leadership and Curriculum design. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-230-2_6

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