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The Trialogical Approach as a New form of Mediation

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Part of the book series: Technology Enhanced Learning ((TEL,volume 7))

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An emerging trend in theories about human learning and cognition is emphasizing collaboration, creative processes, and the use of new technology. Various changes in modern society form a basis for the change in learning theories, such as: 1) the rapid development of new technology which has formed and continues to form qualitatively new opportunities for distributed interaction and collaboration, 2) the pressure to create – and learn deliberately to create – new knowledge and transform existing practices in various areas of life, and 3) the complexity of modern society which means that people must combine their expertise to solve often unforeseen complex problems because individuals cannot solve problems alone.

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Paavola, S., Engeström, R., Hakkarainen, K. (2012). The Trialogical Approach as a New form of Mediation. In: Moen, A., Mørch, A.I., Paavola, S. (eds) Collaborative Knowledge Creation. Technology Enhanced Learning, vol 7. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-004-0_1

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