Comments on: Learning with Networks

By: Web2.0 in Learning « Ping’s NoteBook

Web2.0 in Learning « Ping’s NoteBook — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:32:24 +0000

[...] There is no longer a black and white or permanent definition about learning interaction within content, teacher, group, or network. Want to dig more? [...]

By: Making Connections to People and Communities for Learning at Sims Learning Connections

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:11:32 +0000

[...] To achieve access to diverse and cutting-edge thinking am I willing to incur the additional distraction and inefficiency of occasional wasted efforts in my learning? How important is presumptive quality? (credit to Terry Anderson’s Learning in Networks for refining my thinking here) [...]

By: Learning in Communities and Networks at Sims Learning Connections

Learning in Communities and Networks at Sims Learning Connections — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:53:18 +0000

[...] and pointed to Terry Anderson’s Learning with Networks, which closed with: Networks allow cost effective ways for us to move learning out beyond the campus or virtual classroom. Networks are not communities of practice in which all members are struggling to develop common solutions to common problems. Rather, networks are diverse, free form and free-flowing resources. [...]

By: Jon Dron

Jon Dron — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:33:15 +0000

I agree that ‘group’ is not perfect (blame Clay Shirky!) and I like the word ‘network’ but it also has weaknesses. Sometimes it is about aggregation more than it is about connection - the logic is that of the set, rather than the network. For instance, the typical tag cloud may always be connected outwards in a networked way, but its formation is often a result of clumping and/or clustering.

How about the word ‘collective’?

(in the collective, learning is a process of assimilation…)

By: Jere Majava

Jere Majava — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:19:42 +0000

This is a great post! I’ve been telling our teachers how one of the main aspects of using social media in education is moving away from the predominance of groups and the increasing importance of networks in learning. Your post beautifully sums up what this really means.

By: Jere Majava

Jere Majava — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:59:46 +0000

This is a great post. One of the things I’ve been telling our teachers about using social media in education is that it means moving away from the predominace of groups and the increasing importance of (informal) networks. Your post beautifully sums up what this really means.