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Author:

Johnson, Ariel C

Title:

connected learning: exploring children’s motivations for new media use, technology identity and academic outcomes

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

youth media use
connected learning
informal learning
academic performance
need fulfillment
power usage

File:

Download FinalDraftACJ_ThesisSubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Oliver, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather A Zimmerman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Campbell, Kimeka Georeen

Title:

"Coming to this Caribbean mecca": The role of place in knowledge construction among Trinbagonian migrants in Brooklyn.

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

place
space
adult education
Trinidad
Tobago
informal learning
Brooklyn
cultural historical activity theory

File:

Download KGC_ADTED_CIED_DISSERTATION_FINAL_7.24.2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Tamminga, Committee Member
Davin Jules Carr Chellman, Committee Member

Author:

Wehler, Bruce Alan

Title:

Until all the pieces fit: A hermeneutic phenomenology of the informal learning of selected foster parents in northeastern Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

foster parenting
informal learning
hermeneutic phenomenology
situated learning theory
constructivist learning theory

File:

Download Wehler_Dissertation_December_2014_UP.pdf

Committee Members:

Melody M Thompson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melody M Thompson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Member
David Lee, Committee Member