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Global students and global studies from an actor-network perspective

, Oslo University College, Centre for Educational Research and Development, Norway ; , , Oslo University College - Faculty of Education and International Studies, Norway

Global Learn, in Melbourne, Australia ISBN 978-1-880094-85-3 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

Record type: PROCEEDINGS

Abstract

This paper presents actor-network theory (ANT) as a particular theoretical approach to investigate issues regarding the relationship between global students from South and Western institutions of Higher Education. It focuses more specifically on the socio-material nature of the various networks that students, teachers, course designers and artifacts make up within the realm of a global study program in a Norwegian institution. Technological artifacts, such as virtual learning environments, play a crucial role in those networks as they are central to the learning activities of the program. The authors argue that the use of ANT concepts such as negotiation, enrolment, alignment, inscription, translation, and blackboxing allow for a non-normative description of the field, and can therefore be useful in an interpretive empirical study.

Citation

Habib, L., Johannesen, M. & Oegrim, L. (2011). Global students and global studies from an actor-network perspective. In S. Barton, J. Hedberg & K. Suzuki (Eds.), Proceedings of Global Learn Asia Pacific 2011--Global Conference on Learning and Technology (pp. 1806-1813). Melbourne, Australia: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from .

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