Surfing on the Wearable Tech: Challenges for Social Participation

  1. Sonia Lara 1
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  1. 1 Universidad de Navarra
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    Universidad de Navarra

    Pamplona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02rxc7m23

Proceedings:
ED-MEDIA 2014: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications

Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

ISBN: 978-1-939797-08-7

Year of publication: 2014

Pages: 2070-2075

Type: Conference paper

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Abstract

It is a fact that wearable technologies are ubiquitous among young and not-so-young citizens. These gadgets provide the connection to apps what are characterized as having a great potential for fostering socialization and the sense of belonging to a community; nevertheless, there exist contrary research results concerning whether or not they are influencing the development of greater civic involvement in a real way. In this paper we analyze this question in the light of the educational challenges that are presented by social networks as promoters of social participation.