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It is interesting how we talk about having open systems and a creative commons in the time where the Conservative gov't is pro closing off openess and thus transparency. They want to shut down the CBC and provide more police powers to gather information from people online. It appears that the ideas of connectivism and the power base are in theory, correct.

Computer networks are bunch of interconnected PC or computers that facilitate the exchange of data or some other purposeful work. The first computer network to be designed was the "Advanced Research Projects Agency Network" (ARPANET) for the United States Department of Defense in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Engineers from Twitter, Facebook and MySpace have created an open-source plug-in that they hope proves their worst fears about Google's decision to fold its social results into search - that Google is moving away from its mission to be a neutral directory of the Internet.

Graph Theory Glossary.  From a standpoint of math/computer science rather than social theory.

Morningside Analytics discovers and monitors online networks that form around particular ideas and identifies thought leaders with standing in these audiences. M.A.'s focus is blogs (short for weblogs), the Internet's fastest growing information source. Morningside Analytics discovers emergent communities of bloggers and readers attuned to similar information.

blogs "towards the end of a learning cycle" ?

A video (1972) hosting Orson Wells.

This is a very helpful and practical link on social networking especially for eductors, Diethild. Thank you.

This is so helpful, thanks for posting!

Online Markets ... connecting ... People of Earth

How is this 1999 manifesto holding up? Are markets better informed, smarter, and more demanding, thanks to the web?

From knowledge stocks (former foundation of trust) to knowledge flow (using passion and vulnerability)