A Model of Technology Incidental Learning Effects

2020/10/10 by Jeffrey A. Greene, Dana Z. Copeland, Victor M. Deekens · 1 voice · 25 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Computer science #Educational Strategies and Epistemologies #Educational psychology #Educational technology #Entertainment #Information technology #Knowledge management #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Pedagogy #Political science #Process (computing) #Psychology #Scholarship #Social Media and Politics

paper · doi:10.1007/s10648-020-09575-5

published in Educational Psychology Review 33(3), 883-913 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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Discussions

• We don’t just scroll—we learn while scrolling. This “incidental learning” can shape what we know, believe, and even how we act. Sometimes useful, sometimes risky (hello, misinformation). What have you [bsky, 20 points, 0 comments]