The social construction of educational technology through the use of proprietary software [PDF]
Major strands of science and technology studies (STS) in recent decades have been the 'social shaping of technology' (SST) and 'social construction of technology' (SCOT) movements, whose adherents maintain that technological systems are determined just ...
Bissell, Christopher
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The adaptive learning platform that wasn't adopted
Adaptive and personalizing technologies are increasingly integrated into the EdTech sector, promising enhanced and expedited learning outcomes. This article examines the final phase of a project involving 536 students and 8 educators at a nursing ...
Bjarke Lindsø Andersen +3 more
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The concepts of technological frame revisited and technological frame parts
Expanding on his study of the social construction of technology, Bijker used a technological frame to explain the factors involved in the success development of Bakelite. It is generally accepted that the successful synthesis of Bakelite was particularly
Hiroki Kikuchi
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Attachments to nature : design and eco-emotion [PDF]
This paper is concerned with how technology influences people’s emotional attachments to nature. The paper proposes two theoretical works in progress: a model which shows how emotions are constructed through social, technological and ecological ...
Anusas, M.
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The STIN in the Tale: A Socio-technical Interaction Perspective on Networked Learning [PDF]
In this paper, we go beyond what have been described as 'mechanistic' accounts of e-learning to explore the complexity of relationships between people and technology as encountered in cases of networked learning.
Creanor, Linda, Walker, Steve
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Knowledge management technology-in-practice: a social constructionist analysis of the introduction and use of knowledge management systems [PDF]
This paper argues that Knowledge Management Technology (KMT) is socially constructed in use based on the affordances and constraints of the technology artefact.
Venters, Will
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Deepfake as a social-technical artifact: A sociological analysis
Deepfakes as digital artifacts created with deep machine learning have already become a common phenomenon with multiple forms, but social consequences of this technology are still controversial.
I. V. Katernyi +2 more
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International technology transfer through projects: A social construction of technology perspective
Despite the use of projects as vehicles for international technology transfer for over five decades, the results have been rather underwhelming. The consistent failure to produce the desired outcomes highlights a simplistic and inaccurate view of technology and its transfer that also fails to incorporate the practical complexity of the process in ...
Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong, Roine Leiringer
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Using social robots to study abnormal social development [PDF]
Social robots recognize and respond to human social cues with appropriate behaviors. Social robots, and the technology used in their construction, can be unique tools in the study of abnormal social development.
Scassellati, Brian
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TECHNICAL AND SOCIAL NORMS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT
In the article the relationship between system of technical and system of social norms in ecological project has been considered from constructivist standpoint in sociology of technology.
Jasminka Lažnjak
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