Title

Synergistic Scaffolding Of Technologically-Enhanced Stem Learning In Informal Institutions

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.

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Publication Title

Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS

Volume

3

Issue

January

Number of Pages

1456-1465

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

84937805261 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84937805261

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