Learning and the Emerging Science of Behavior Change, aka 'Nudging'

Citation

Williamson B (2012) Learning and the Emerging Science of Behavior Change, aka 'Nudging'. DML Central, 19.11.2012. http://dmlcentral.net/blog/ben-williamson/learning-and-emerging-science-behavior-change-aka-nudging

Abstract
First paragraph: The language of learning today is full of references to "softness" and "openness." Software, soft skills, soft performance, and the softening up of school knowledge go hand-in-hand with open source, open access and open educational resources in much current thinking about networked learning. How might this softening and opening up of the language of networked learning influence how learners think, perceive, feel and act? The emerging field of behaviour change theory suggests new ways in which networked technologies might be used as a form of pedagogical persuasion to influence and shape learners' behavior, even at the unconscious or irrational level.

Keywords
Digital Media and Learning; Education; Networked Society; New Media Literacies; Open Education

Notes
Output Type: Blog post