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Connecting, collaborating and creating...the power of community!

Given that our week 5 topic is "Groups, Networks and Collectives" I thought that this blog from Tamarack Institute on Community Engagement about seeking Community was interesting.

Foundation: Intelligent Community Forum (based in NY)

A network topology describes the configuration of a network and the physical and logical arrangement of the nodes that form the network. To know all about the different types of network topologies, read on... A topology describes the configuration of a communication network. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_topology

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.

Hello Brainy Smurf (love that name!). That is a troubling stat and likely often true - 14% of time at work is spent on unwanted communication and 36% is spent finding information, contacting people and scheduling meetings. Maybe network analysis and more efficient connectivity can help with some of this? Here's hoping!!!

Hi, Joanne. I am still baffled by the number of people I meet who are drowning in information (emails being the biggest culprit). Networking FEELS like more flooding in the beginning but one learns to build oneself better filters and then its all good. Am in the midst of writing a blog post about that...stay tuned! http://brainysmurf1234.wordpress.com Cheers :)

Your blog post about networked learning was amazing. Lots of tips and things to think about. Thank you. I so enjoyed your insight about networked learning: "It's the payoff for being open to learning and working as if I am sampling from a huge buffet prepared by dozens of chefs, not eating from a fixed menu."

Lots to ponder in this article. First and foremost is my great surprise and delight to see a government policy document written in plain language that ordinary Canadians could read. We in the literacy community have been beating that drum with government for many years, usually to no avail. But besides that... I was struck by "Governance by Wiki". How does government respond to social media? Does a Twitter mob get to rule and change government policy by their numbers and shrillness? How does government consider the views of those who are not social media savvy, who don't blog, podcast and Tweet but who are still citizens who voices matter? Just wondering about these and other important issues raised in this article.

Connectivism is a theoretical framework for understanding learning. In connectivism, the starting point for learning occurs when knowledge is actuated through the process of a learner connecting to and feeding information into a learning community. Can connectivism be viewed as a new learning theory?