Competence advancement supported by social media
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چکیده
People regularly need to cope with new challenging situations that cannot be mastered by only applying routine procedural skills and knowledge. Independently updating one’s set of skills and knowledge base in the context of technologically rich environments is essential to meet the changing lifeand workplace requirements. This paper proposes the creation and maintenance of landscapes of networked tools and services as an important area for competence advancement in higher education. It discusses this in the context of self-directing intentional learning projects within personal and distributed learning environments.
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