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Distributed Network Learning FAQ
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Presentations on "Network Learning" and "Connectivism," especially those given to educators in a formal education context, seem to always elicit the same sets of questions and reactions. Many people who are interested in "Network Learning" have written insightful (and often long) replies to these concerns. This 'Distributed FAQ' is a way of bringing many of those responses together and allowing the community working on 'Network Learning' to identify those questions which are asked over and over. Please add your question (or links to good responses) below.
What is Network Learning?
- Wikipedia entry for Networked Learning
- Learning Networks and Connective Learning, Stephen Downes, IT Forum, October 16, 2006
- Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age, George Siemens, International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, January 2005
- Networked learning - A course for learning how to network your learning online
Does the conception of knowledge change in Network Learning?
- Types of Knowledge and Connective Knowledge, Stephen Downes, Half an Hour, September 14, 2008
Is Network Learning or Connectivism actually a new theory of learning? of pedagogy?
- Add a link to an article on this issue here
How does the role of the teacher change in a Network Learning environment?
- Add a link to an article on this issue here
Does Network Learning have implications for specifying the learning task (i.e. content design)?
- Add a link to an article on this issue here
How do I get students to take more responsibility for their own learning?
- Add a link to an article on this issue here
What is the role of assessment on Network Learning?
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Do Network Learners learn 'better' or 'more'?
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Will adopting a Network Learning approach lead to increased plagiarism?
- Add a link to an article on this issue here
Is Network Learning necessarily more complex? What are some ways to simplify teaching and learning with Loosely-Coupled tools?
Can Network Learning co-exist with our existing institutional structures?
- Insulat-Ed, ed4wb, Bill Farren, Dec 10, 2008
- New structures and spaces of learning: The systemic impact of connective knowledge, connectivism, and networked learning George Siemens, Presented to Universidade do Minho, October 10, 2008
- Systematization of Education: Room for PLEs? George Siemens, Learning Technologies Centre Research Blog , Dec 7, 2008
- If PLEs are incompatible with the system then how do we change the system? Graham Atwell, Pontydysgu, December 10th, 2008
What professional development opportunities are available for increasing my skills to engage more meaningfully with Network Learning?
- Add links here
More links relating to networked learning?
- Google Reader (66)
- In this presentation, I mix the presentation of the theory - chaos, complexity and mesh networks - with the practical technical development leading toward the personal learning environment. A second audio file is also available. Ed Media, Honolulu, Hawaii (Keynote) June 24, 2009 [?]
- Innovation Networks: Looking for Ideas Outside the Company - Knowledge@Wharton
- Harold Jarche » Learning and micro-blogging
- I think that Twitter used only inside a course is quite constrained. My experience has shown that the ?course? is not a good model for the Internet, and is best-suited for the classroom, from which it came. Without walls, courses and curriculum become rather messy. That may make Twitter, like blogs, best suited for personal learning environments (PLE) in academia, so that learners can use it for several courses and connect to their non-academic networks as well. As educators experiment with Twitter, it will probably be at the course level, but that should not be the final limit. [?]
- onlinefacilitation - me_we_network
- The FASTForward Blog » Adoption of Social Media - It?s the Connections!: Enterprise 2.0 Blog: News, Coverage, and Commentary
- Toni Twiss
- All Changing: The Social Web and the Future of Higher Education
- Keynote speech by Steve Wheeler, Univ of Plymouth for the Virtual University Conference [?]
- Networked learning - WikiEducator
- Training & the Networked Workplace
- Networked Learning Conference 2010
- Themes & Call for Papers
- Networked Learning Conference 2010
- open thinking » 80+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy
- Here are 70+ videos organized into various sub-categories. [?]
- Junior physician's use of Web 2.0 for information ...[Int J Med Inform. 2009] - PubMed Result
- Discover eSpace | NHS CFH eSpace
