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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.

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What is Network Learning?

Does the conception of knowledge change in Network Learning?

Is Network Learning or Connectivism actually a new theory of learning? of pedagogy?

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How does the role of the teacher change in a Network Learning environment?

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Does Network Learning have implications for specifying the learning task (i.e. content design)?

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How do I get students to take more responsibility for their own learning?

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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?

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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?

What professional development opportunities are available for increasing my skills to engage more meaningfully with Network Learning?

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More links relating to networked learning?

What Does ?Getting It? Mean, Anyway?
Weblogg-ed » [?]
YouTube - What My PLN Means To Me - Simon Brown (@skytrystsjoy)
A short video that I bullied Simon into during the Learning Technologies conference in Mooloolaba ;-). I asked him to be part of my "what my PLN means to you" project. Simon recorded this in his ute, driving between Brisbane & Mooloolaba [?]
istheplatform - home
I simply believe the Internet is the platform. No single platform or software solution is the platform. Essentially, they are all the platform. Things move too fast on the Internet to make a commitment to a single platform. And if you do commit, I'll guarantee that one of your most active contributors will use some other platform to publish similar material. Get over it, and embrace the dynamic. [?]
Where does Learning take place?
What young people learn has been the centre of discussions and the culture of a digitally aware society has begun to impact on curriculum design in most of our schools. [?]
Networked Learning Manifesto
Networked learning allows human beings to speak to each other in a powerful new way. It enables new forms of social organization and knowledge exchange to emerge. Networked learners are getting smarter, more informed,more organized, and are changing what it means to teach and what it means to learn. Networked learners realize that they get far better information and support from one another than through traditional means. Networked learners know more than schools do about their own learning. [?]
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the network is more powerful than the node (glad i finally found original) [?]
Connectivism & Connective Knowledge » Week 9: Net Pedagogy
Wiley InterScience :: Journal :: Article PDF
The appropriation and repurposing of social technologies in higher education This paper presents some of the findings from a recent project that conducted a virtual ethnographic study of three formal courses in higher education that use ?Web 2.0? or social technologies for learning and teaching. It describes the pedagogies adopted within these courses, and goes on to explore some key themes emerging from the research and relating to the pedagogical use of weblogs and wikis in particular. These themes relate primarily to the academy?s tendency to constrain and contain the possibly more radical effects of these new spaces. [?]
Social Media in Learning examples
I am constantly being asked, by those new to social media, for specific examples of how social media (Web 2.0) tools can be used for learning - whether it be for personal learning, informal learning or formal learning - in education or the workplace. So here are over 100 ways that different social technologies (and tools) are being used by learning professionals worldwide - compiled from the comments of those who have contributed their Top Tools for Learning. I will continue to add to this list on an ongoing basis. [?]
The PLE Growth Model « Mollybob Goes To School
Nicely done model of a Personal Learning Environment. Well referenced (Vygotsky, Bandura, Knowles, et al) and grounded in theory, including a good definition of the distinction between a PLN and a PLE. [?]
Seven Habits of Highly Connected People ~ Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes
eLearn: Feature Article
New structures of learning: The systemic impact of connective knowledge ...
Connectivism & Connective Knowledge
Welcome to the Connectivism and Connective Knowledge online course! Information on the development and delivery of the course will be shared on this site. [?]
Learning with 'e's: Hanging in there
This is one reason, I think, why personal learning environments (which tend to heavily represent informal learning approaches and are intrinsically motivated) are assuming an ever increasing importance in education. For it is within the PLE that students can truly pursue their own interests, motivate themselves to learn and generally capitalise on their talents and skills. [?]

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