Search for dissertations about: "informationssamhället"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the word informationssamhället.
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6. Co-creating democracy : Conceptualizing co-creative media to facilitate democratic engagement in society
Abstract : Internet-based information and communication technology (ICT) have increasingly been used to facilitate and support democratic engagement in society. A growing body of research has demonstrated that the Internet and, in particular, social media have given citizens the opportunity to participate, interact, network, collaborate, and mobilize themselves within communities. READ MORE
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7. What's the use? : Internet and information behavior in everyday life
Abstract : A widespread access to computers and the Internet at home signals a change in the "information environment" of everyday life. This thesis deals with how this new situation can be studied and understood. READ MORE
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8. Designing for added pedagogical value : A design-based research study of teachers’ educational design with ICT
Abstract : In an increasingly digitized world teachers are expected to take on the role of educational designers and use ICT to design in ways that add pedagogical value to teaching and learning. This thesis adopts a design-based research (DBR) approach to: (a) explore and contribute to the educational design processes of teachers of English as a foreign language in their efforts to use ICT for added pedagogical value, (b) examine how ICT is used in educational designs to create/contribute to what the teachers and students describe as added value and (c) explore, problematize and refine DBR as a research approach. READ MORE
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9. Digital Competence and Ways of Thinking and Practising in Swedish Teacher Education : Experiences by teachers with a foreign teaching degree
Abstract : The Swedish government recognises foreign academic education and the professional qualifications of its immigrants by allocating resources to programmes that bridge the gap between immigrants’ education and the specific requirements for work in Sweden. The context of inquiry for this thesis is teachers with a foreign teaching degree, who come from 57 countries or regions and are studying at four Swedish universities. READ MORE
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10. Makers, Materials and Machines : Understanding Experience and Situated Embodied Practice in the Makerspace
Abstract : This thesis explores interaction between humans, materials, and machines, in the context of makerspaces. The concept of making describes a practice that deals with new technologies in combination with craft to create artifacts in physical, digital and hybrid forms. READ MORE
