You asked how to recognise the excellence in a connectivist course. While I am still reading through the week 2 material, I wonder whether its more about the network and the learner's position within it, or more specifically how the learner has positioned themselves within the network.
For example, if you look at the social network analysis introduction (http://www.orgnet.com/sna.html), and considering a learner is a node, then perhaps how the network looks from each node is a measure of a student's excellence.
So a measure of the learner's . degree centrality (how many direct & indirect connections they have with others) . betweenness centrality (are they interconnecting larger branches of the network together) . closeness centrality (how many hops required to reach farther nodes - how close is the information) . and so on
Could a learner's centrality in their network be a measurement of excellence or perhaps successful learning environment?
You asked how to recognise the excellence in a connectivist course. While I am still reading through the week 2 material, I wonder whether its more about the network and the learner's position within it, or more specifically how the learner has positioned themselves within the network.
For example, if you look at the social network analysis introduction (http://www.orgnet.com/sna.html), and considering a learner is a node, then perhaps how the network looks from each node is a measure of a student's excellence.
So a measure of the learner's
. degree centrality (how many direct & indirect connections they have with others)
. betweenness centrality (are they interconnecting larger branches of the network together)
. closeness centrality (how many hops required to reach farther nodes - how close is the information)
. and so on
Could a learner's centrality in their network be a measurement of excellence or perhaps successful learning environment?