Proceedings of the Networked Learning Conference 2012, Maastricht, The Netherlands are now available, as separate entries (http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk/info/confpapers.html), or as a full pdf (http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk/info/handbook.htm) 
As usual, interesting Article by Howard Jarche. Harold presents a nice overview of arguments in favour of networked learning, esp. by knowledge professionals. Via Steven Verjans Social media has changed how we connect and learn. 
P2PU: The Use of Web Tools in Networked Learning ... April (29). P2PU: The Use of Web Tools in Networked Learning · TCU eLearning: Teaching with Blogs · TLT-SWG: Wading into Online Teaching Part Deux; Ar..
RT @dcannell: Social Media - Age, Not Gender, Drives Most Social Media Use : MarketingProfs Article http://t.co/a154O5f2...
I am currently writing a chapter regarding open and networked learning. I have used the term Personal Learning Network (PLN) dozens of times over the last few years, and have seen it mentioned countless times in blog and ...
How do educators use personal learning networks purposefully in their practice? How can teachers bring their questions and problems to solve to networked communities of inquiry? How do connected learning communities ... 
For years now I've been challenging undergraduate nurses to get using Twitter for their professional development. I have an opportunity early in their 3rd and final year to suggest ways of engaging in networked learning. 
Etienne Wenger, Beverly Trayner and Maarten de Laat come up with an important new document on community management. "It is a foundation paper presenting a framework for promoting and assessing value creation in communities and networks," they write, "it includes a theoretical framework and toolkit for helping professionals to tell stories on the value that networks and communities create when they are used for learning and to articulate how these activities result in desired outcomes that improve teaching practice." By "community" they mean "community of practice, which [they] define as a learning partnership among people who find it useful to learn from and with each other about a particular domain. Via Mark Oehlert 
Call for papers for special issue.
"Great emphasis is placed on the potential and benefits that such learning networks can offer professional development. In this context, it is clear that the use of technology in education and training extends and enhances the potential learning ..." 
Introduction to the iCollaborate project. Very nice presentation by @mediendidaktik on new forms of learning. Good summary of some of the stuff I've been working on.
"The focus of the iCollaborate project is on pedagogical strategies for cross-boundary, collaborative uses of mobile web for learning through the development of personal learning networks, personal learning environments and ..." ![How Students Use Technology [INFOGRAPHIC] | Networked learning | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/Zp3aKTK2utlXwyEjYbiWnzl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
It’s clear that today’s students rely heavily on electronic devices even when they’re not incorporated in the classroom. In one survey of college students, 38% said they couldn’t even go 10 minutes without switching on some sort of electronic device.
But how students are using their devices, how technology is affecting their educational experience, and what effect it has on their well-being are questions that are harder to answer. In the infographic below, online higher education database Onlineeducation.net has summed up some of the existing research on these points. Via Anthony Beal 
Great blog post by Joyce, on why learning management systems are failing, and how they could be used to really incorporate social learning. Similar to our argumentation about the Hybrid Learning Environment (http://dspace.ou.nl/handle/1820/2575) and our (Dutch) Learning Networks Book (http://books.google.nl/books?id=nwykm-FFwCgC&lpg=PP1&hl=nl&pg=PA146#v=onepage&q&f=false) |
Slidedeck for a presentation on personal learning networks (PLNs) used in my social media class...
Comment: nice collection of slides, even if there is too much emphasis on a PLN as an information filtering device and too little on the in my view mandatory bidirectionality of communication in a network. (pbsloep) 
EdTechTeam: Personal Learning Networks for Educators: 10 Tips http://t.co/Z4nVyGa1 #edchat... 
... and fused to form an adaptive learning system, which keeps changing its shape and structure as the participants interact and engage with the networks, leading to new understanding of networked learning within an MOOC. In case the quotes didn’t clue you in, this post doesn’t argue against massive open online courses (MOOCs) such as the ones offered by Udacity, Coursera, and edX. I think they are ve...
The Change MOOC has been running since September of 2011. We’ve had the pleasure, in the past 30+ weeks, of many outstanding discussions. The archives of activity/readings/weeks are available on the main MOOc site.
Apr 23rd, 2012 by Heli. Networked Learning Conference 2012 has published many research papers and I've been reading them. I used to refer here – in this blog – when someone publishes results about those open courses ...
The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (www.irrodl.org) is a refereed e-journal that aims to advance research, theory and best practice in open and distance education research....
The power and attractiveness of self-organizing learning environments (SOLES), personal learning networks (PLNs), and other forms of self-driven education will one day outpace the ability of school curriculum and ... 
Harvard University has been hot this week: first, there was the announcement of EdX, which I feel will be just another marketing channel for Harvard and M.I.T.. Second, there was the call to their staff to publish in Open Access journals. Which of the two will be more disruptive and conducive of networked learning? My bet is that the second initiative will be more disruptive to academic practice... 
The universities announced a new nonprofit partnership, known as edX, that will offer vast new learning opportunities for students around the world. (massive, important news: http://t.co/MsM20AeC ($60m?
Gunn, C., & Steel, C. (2012). Linking theory to practice in learning technology research. Research in Learning Technology 2012, 20: 16148 - DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v20i0.16148.
"We present a case to reposition theory so that it plays a pivotal role in learning technology research and helps to build an ecology of learning." 
A number of people seem to be thinking in the same direction, namely that of trying to bridge between the institutional and the personal learning environment. But have we thought about the profound impact that this line of thinking may have on the concept of the 'Educational institution'? |
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