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Tarmo Toikkanen

Maintaining and Extending Social Networks in IRC-galleria - 0 views

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  • Tarmo Toikkanen on 04 Sep 09
     
    Article abstract: The photo galleries of the internet have raised quite a lot of public discussion, but academic research is just beginning to pay attention to the issue. This research grabs the subject by finding out the meanings given to IRC-galleria concerning its members' social networks. The theoretical framework consists of theories of social networks and communities applied to the context of the internet. Moreover, in analysing the construction of social networks, the research material is analyzed through the concepts of ritual and performance. The research material was generated with 13 semi-structured interviews and participant observation. The interviewees were registered members of IRC-galleria, aged 12-25. Participant observation was conducted by acting as a registered member of IRC-galleria during the course of the research. The interview material was analyzed with theory-bound qualitative content analysis. Meanings given to IRC-galleria were understood as interpretations the interviewees give to their subjective experiences, and therefore also bounded to cultural meaning structures. The rituals of maintaining social networks were approached from a social constructionistic perspective: the interest was on how the social networks are reconstructed in social interaction. The central finding of the research was that already established, "offline" networks play a significant role in being a member of IRC-galleria. IRC-galleria can be interpreted as a way to maintain both local and dispersed networks in a society where group identities are not self-evident. New friendships can be established in IRC-galleria, but personal interests are significant in this, not the possibility to act anonymously, which instead was the claim of previous research. Different interaction rituals are performed for reconstructing the established social networks. IRC-galleria should not therefore be seen solely as a stage for self-promotion, but also as a medium for promoting s
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Progressive Inquiry and other learning theories - 0 views

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shared by Tarmo Toikkanen on 02 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Progressive inquiry relies on an idea of facilitating the same kind of good and productive practices of working with knowledge  -- progressive inquiry  -- that characterize scientific research communities in education. By imitating the practices of scientific research communities, students are encouraged to engage in extended processes of question- and explanation-driven inquiry.  Accordingly, an important aspect of progressive inquiry is to guide students in setting up their own research questions and working theories.  In practice, this means that students are making their conceptions public and working together for improving shared ideas and explanations.  It is also essential to constrain emerging ideas by searching for new information.  Participation in progressive inquiry, in the present case, is usually embedded in computer-supported collaborative learning environments that provide sophisticated tools for supporting the inquiry process as well as sharing of knowledge and expertise.
  • Tarmo Toikkanen on 02 Sep 09
     
    The authoritative description of Progressive Inquiry.
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Mag+, a concept video on the future of digital magazines - Blog - BERG - 0 views

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touch ui prototype video

shared by Tarmo Toikkanen on 28 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Tarmo Toikkanen on 28 Jan 10
     
    "This video prototype shows the take of the Mag+ project."
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