Emergent Practices and Material Conditions in Learning and Teaching with Technologies

This book explores the complexities of interacting with digital technologies in the everyday flow of practices in schools, museums, and the home.In particular, the authors pay attention to the material conditions of such practices via the exploration of media discourses on information and communication technologiesin the classroom; the ongoing digitization of the school; the use of video chat for language learning; the instantiation ofCrossActionSpacesin an urban science classrooms; the development of symbolic technologies such as the Carbon Footprint Calculator; the design of appsand virtual museumsfor learning science; the use of text message tools for collaborative learning in teacher education and the design, implementation, and evaluation of Augmented Reality apps in outdoor learning.The book is grounded in case studies presented by scholars at the workshop, "Changing Teaching and Learning Practices in Schools withTablet-MediatedCollaborative Learning: Nordic, European and International Views" and the workshop "Emergent Practices and Material Conditionsin Tablet-mediated Collaborative Learning and Teaching" both of which have been held at the Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning conference (CSCL). This volume brings togetherinspirational and high-quality chapters that raise a range of important ideas and showcasethe importance oflookingbeyondtechnology-enhanced learning. Taken together, this volume unpacks a variety of everyday situations by engaging with what is really happening with digital technologies rather than what is expected to happen with them in educational settings.Thetake-awaymessageis a call for research on learning, teaching, and digital technologies that enables engagement with the materiality of educational practices and, in particular, their constitutive relationships that configure the contemporary educational practices of thedigital age.