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Chris Hill

A Theory-Based Approach to the Relationship between Social Capital and Communities of P... - 0 views

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  • Chris Hill on 20 Jun 14
     
    Communities of Practice, Social Capital, and humans influence each other in a variety of ways. As a medium they facilitate and constrain the processes of creating, sharing and applying organizational knowledge.
John Potosnak

What is a Community of Practice and How Can We Support it? - 1 views

https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/uploads/006/677/CHAP12HOADLEY.pdf - This article defines Communities of Practice in two different ways including a feature-based definition and a process-based ...

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started by John Potosnak on 21 Jun 14 no follow-up yet
Katy Cooper

Social Media in Education: The Power of Facebook | Edutopia - 0 views

www.edutopia.org/ia-education-examples-facebook

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shared by Katy Cooper on 04 Nov 12 - Cached
  • In true problem-based learning format, the science teacher asked a group of eighth graders at his school to pick a problem in their local community and solve it.
  • They picked Buffelgrass
  • they weren't sure how to spread the word of its horrors. One student declared that they "needed to get the word out." After all, "knowledge is power." Which was when they decided to create a Facebook page devoted to the threat.
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  • They soon posted a a rap song on YouTube and using Facebook, the small group of grime fighters update on their progress in educating the nation about this ground cover of evil.
  • Using the social networking tools of our age, this one Tucson teacher and his small group of students began to educate politicians, farmers, and Facebook fans like me
  • Deborah Lyman on 04 Nov 12
     
    Heather Wolpert-Gawron discusses using Facebook in the classroom. She writes about the experience of a teacher who used Facebook in their classroom.
Sarah Baughman

7 Things You Should Know About Personal Learning Environments - 5 views

www.educause.edu/...personal-learning-environments

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shared by Sarah Baughman on 04 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Sarah Baughman on 04 Sep 14
     
    This is a link to download a PDF that gives goes in depth about what a personal learning environment is, how it compares to a LMS, and even gives some downsides. I really like this document as it increased my knowledge of PLNs.
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  • Ross Craycraft on 05 Sep 14
     
    Great resource here. I really like the set up of the resource that explains PLNs, explains how they are being utilized now, their importance, and where they are going. Another great resource from Educause.
  • toddsvecusa on 08 Sep 14
     
    I really liked this resource. I have not done much work with PLN's, and this helped me get a better grasp of the concept. The resource really explains how PLN's should be used and what they can and can't help with. I enjoyed the resource. Thank you for sharing.
  • B Bernheim on 08 Sep 14
     
    Sarah - I think you found a gem here. When I began to read the article, I felt that the writer was advocating a narrow focus - solely academic contributors to a PLN/PLE. As I read, the writer added the need to have a variety of contributors in a PLN. The writer addressed the need for members of a PLN to possess information fluency to distinguish a contributor speaking from a position of authority vs someone writing a narrative opinion. I hope (speaking with what little I know) to expand and grow a PLN that has both elements.
ShellyWalters

Critique of Connectivism - PhD Wiki - 1 views

sites.google.com/...critique-of-connectivism

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shared by ShellyWalters on 11 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • ShellyWalters on 11 Sep 12
     
    short article critiquing connectivism as a theory - great resources in bibliography too
  • Levi Fletcher on 16 Sep 14
     
    Yes, the resource list will be helpful! Interesting tidbit shared about Siemens and his perspective for sharing online - "Siemens (2008a) argues the type of peer review processes similar to those he has encountered through blogs and wikis are at least as demanding as those of any scholarly journal in the field, whilst also demonstrating 'currency' of knowledge exchange - a key argument in his theory." I found that helpful - a practical example. Additionally, I've never heard of PhD Wiki before - will have to check it out. Lots of resources packed into one post!
anonymous

Connectivism: Creating Learning Communities - 1 views

http://10innovations.alumniportal.com/learning-by-sharing/connectivism-creating-learning-communities.html This article focuses on the relationship one has between work, communal learning and knowle...

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started by anonymous on 08 Sep 14 no follow-up yet
Renee Phoenix

In abundance: Networked participatory practices as scholarship | Stewart | The Internat... - 1 views

www.irrodl.org/...3343

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shared by Renee Phoenix on 02 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • Boyer’s (1990) four components of scholarship – discovery, integration, application, and teaching – and to explore them as a techno-cultural system of scholarship suited to an era of knowledge abundance. Not only does the paper find that networked engagement both aligns with and exceeds Boyer’s model for scholarship, it suggests that networked scholarship may enact Boyer’s initial aim of broadening scholarship itself through fostering extensive cross-disciplinary, public ties and rewarding connection, collaboration, and curation between individuals rather than roles or institutions.
  • The way Twitter draws scholars from multiple disciplines and geographic areas together via conversations and hashtags emerged as a clear manifestation of scholarship of integration. Participants demonstrated active engagement with multiple audiences, across fields and disciplines. The accounts that participants connected with in their 24-hour reflections were traced, and in all cases but one participants were found to engage across both geographic and disciplinary boundaries.
  • Boyer (1990) emphasizes scholarship of integration as “research at the boundaries where fields converge…[T]hose engaged in integration ask “What do the findings mean?” (p. 18). Thus scholarship of integration centers on public discussions and negotiations of meaning; what distinguishes the techno-cultural system of NPS is that this happens in constant, abundant real-time. This indirectly reinforces the system’s emphasis on individual rather than institution; the regular unsettling of the boundaries of what is known or understood makes formal hierarchies and categories – tenets of the techno-cultural system of institutional, disciplinary scholarship – difficult to enact and enforce.
  • Renee Phoenix on 02 Jul 15
     
    Bonnie Stewart makes connections between Boyer's four components of scholarship and network participation. She contends that networked engagement fits Boyer's model for scholarship, and broadens scholarship, building connection, collaboration, and curation between individuals rather than roles or institutions.
  • Melodie Worthington on 03 Jul 15
     
    A very interesting article! Even though the word "connectivism" isn't used (that I could find), what the author describes is essentially that. I especially liked this quote from the article: "Twitter served as a space for thinking aloud, sharing expertise, and raising investigative conversations. Participants appeared to carve out regular areas of discussion and investigation for which they become known, in their Twitter circles; peers would then send them links on those topics due to their expressed interests, and signal them into conversations in those areas, thereby extending participants' network reach and visibility." Sounds like connectivism in action!
anonymous

Personal Learning Environments, social media, and self-regulated learning: A natural fo... - 3 views

http://www.sciencedirect.com.libproxy.boisestate.edu/science/article/pii/S1096751611000467 Dabbagh, N., & Kitsantas, A. (2012). Personal Learning Environments, social media, and self-regulated...

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started by anonymous on 01 Jul 15 no follow-up yet
Jennie Finafrock

Community of Practice Design Guide - 4 views

How incredibly helpful! After reading this article, I have a much greater appreciation for the communities and how powerful they can be. With the correct planning, preparation, recruiting, and main...

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started by Tsisana Palmer on 22 Jun 14 1 follow-up, last by Jennie Finafrock on 22 Jun 14
Renee Phoenix

Why do academics blog? An analysis of audiences, purposes and challenges - 3 views

dx.doi.org/...03075079.2013.835624

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  • Renee Phoenix on 02 Jul 15
     
    A content analysis of 100 academic blogs that looks at reasons academics give for blogging and the connection it may have to community of practice.
  • nickurban on 03 Jul 15
     
    I really enjoyed reading this article as it provided further insight into the "why" teachers and higher ed professionals should engage in blogging. Three main ideas really jumped out to me and solidified the validity of blogging: "blogs are a way to expand and disseminate knowledge, make contact with potential collaborators, and have scholarly discussions on a global scale". By engaging in these blogs we enter into a CoP that promotes these virtues by nature as all those involved in the CoP have similar motivations and goals. The communities then function as an opportunity to collaborate on materials, subject matter, and other issues pertinent to the educators. One aspect that is noted is that blogs provide a specific function, thus different blogs will contain different topics, subject matter, and ideas that can be shared online.
  • anonymous on 03 Jul 15
     
    When I used to blog, I realized it was a passive-aggressive way for me to complain about my District. So, I stopped. However, I have found other academic blogs useful. One of my classmates in the EdD program blogs daily, and she is a great source of information. Blogs are also good starting points for research. Reading them often broadens my perspective which in turn helps me in my search for sources.
nickurban

Learning Networks - 0 views

dspace.ou.nl/...ie%20artikel%20LN_%20Lline.pdf

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  • nickurban on 02 Jul 15
     
    Koper and Rusman begin to identify how learning networks can transition into life long learning networks in the future. The authors begin to argue that the generalized dissemination of information is not created in a manner that allows for knowledge or deep connections to be made because information is illogically distributed in a way that does not promote or use identified learning methods. Although information is now highly accessible, the information is not delivered to people in a manner that will develop learning in people. Thus, the authors highlight the need for specific methods of distribution that are built upon learning methods. As we have seen in higher education, online learning is provided in a manner that is in line with identified learning methods, however beyond that the manner in which information is given varies. This is especially true for people on their own not in an educational setting. The following are some of the key ideas needed for learning networks to engage in lifelong learning in the future: open access resources, improved effectiveness, customability, improved efficiency, and improved organization using proven educational methods. Utilizing these key ideas will allow for learning networks to be viable outlets for learning in the future.
Kelly Kenney

Website #8 Connectivism - 1 views

http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/523/1103 Connectivism: is a framework for understanding learning. Siemens (2004) states, "A community is the clustering of similar areas of inte...

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started by Kelly Kenney on 01 Sep 15 no follow-up yet
timrstark

Education 3.0: Getting to Know the Brain - 0 views

www.wired.com/...-3-0-getting-to-know-the-brain

#EdTechSN Education 3.0 brain based learning Patterns of Learning

shared by timrstark on 04 Sep 15 - No Cached
  • timrstark on 04 Sep 15
     
    This Wired article was about how Education 3.0 can be most effectively leveraged if educators have a good understanding on how the brain learns. Keeping in mind what learners care about, giving them the ability to place their learning in context, and allowing students to identify patterns of knowledge (think making connections in neural pathways) all can expand upon the the experience of learners in a course.
nickurban

CoP's as Social Learning Systems - 2 views

www.uk.sagepub.com/...Chapter%2010b%20-%20Wenger.pdf

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shared by nickurban on 02 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • nickurban on 02 Jul 15
     
    In this article Wegner continues to expand upon CoP's by defining their role in organizations and highlighting the success of organizations in using CoP's in coordination with social learning systems. Through this process organizations are able to meet a greater variety of needs for their employees. Wegner highlights how this process is the antithesis of normal "management styles" which is usually a top-down format. However, by working and associating in a variety of learning systems throughout regions or areas, people are more knowledgeable within their field.
caaskin

Seven Principles for Cultivating Communities of Practice - 1 views

staging.clearwater.asn.au/...ples_Community-of-Practice.pdf

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  • caaskin on 04 Jul 15
     
    The authors propose seven principles that they believe will allow communities to be "alive" and connect with members.
  • loganwillits on 04 Jul 15
     
    The seven principles for designing, implementing, and evolving a community of practice is the focus of this article. It does a very good job of describing these activities in terms of promoting a growth model within the community and the members. This desire to attract and connect with more and more people will only serve to grow the communities knowledge and abilities (this is somewhat mentioned in principle #2) by opening the conversations among those who are in and outside of the community.
Melodie Worthington

Connectivism: A Digital Social Learning Theory - 8 views

www.mhwilleke.com/digital-social-learning-theory

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shared by Melodie Worthington on 07 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Forrest Doud on 07 Sep 13
     
    This article looks at connectivism as "the embodiment of social learning theory in the digital age." It breaks down questions posed by Seimens in terms of how technology and networks connect with learning theories as well as how these translate into the principles of his theory. The values of connectivism as presented by Downes are also highlighted. Specifically it offered a good rationale for why behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism have limitations in the digital age which give rise to the need for researching connectivism.
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  • Jodi Stevens on 08 Sep 13
     
    favorite quote, "It is important, though, to recognize that technological age has changed the face of learning so significantly that new approaches should be considered and studied."
  • Nona Barker on 09 Sep 13
     
    Jodi, I too selected a quote when I was reading this article ... I didn't see your post because I went right to the article! My favourite quote is different though: "Downes (2007) states that 'to teach is to model and demonstrate, to learn is to practice and reflect' (p. 1) as a summation of connectivism." Another thing I appreciate about this article is how concisely it incorporates Downes and Siemens ideas about Connectivism. It boils everything down into a simple "this is how it is" approach. Nice, quick read!
  • Christina Modrell on 09 Sep 13
     
    I liked reading Siemens principles of connectivism. They give great meaning to using connectivism in teaching. I think that the teacher must be able to explain the process before they can put into affect.
  • Melodie Worthington on 03 Jul 15
     
    A good description of how connectivism is a social learning theory for the digital age. An interesting quote about other learning theories: "While these theories are essential to learning in many environments, a new dimension of principles must be developed when learning moves into informal, networked and technological enabled areas."
  • Elizabeth Wood on 05 Jul 15
     
    Melodie, this is a nice and concise article about connectivism. The author does a good job of explaining Downes and Siemens work in a clear but not overly wordy way, especially with the bulleted lists.
  • caaskin on 06 Jul 15
     
    This article provides a succinct overview of connectivism. I particularly like how the author concludes with the point that all social learning starts with the individual and then branches out from there to networks and organizations before returning new knowledge to the individual.
  • Cassie Davenport on 06 Jul 15
     
    Melodie, thank you for sharing this resource. I appreciate the article as it defines connectivism. Yet the authors are careful to point out that the theory is still developing and needs more research. It is healthy to learn that while the digital age is new so are those researching and exploring the informal learning groups that surround it theories. I appreciate the concise explanations and bulleted lists as well.
Megan Gooding

Week 1 - What Is Connectivism? ~ CCK11 - 0 views

cck11.mooc.ca/week1.htm

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  • Megan Gooding on 06 Jul 15
     
    The resource linked here is a page to the first lesson of a MOOC on connectivism and connective knowledge. This page features several resources on connectivism, many f which are from Siemens and Downes themselves.
timrstark

The Integration of Personal Learning Environments & Open Network Learning Environments - 2 views

search.proquest.com.libproxy.boisestate.edu/...958639673

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shared by timrstark on 06 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • Christopher Higgins on 06 Jul 15
     
    This article addresses the many challenges of setting up a Personal Learning Environment. The article also discusses the many benefits and various modes of collaboration and online discussion forums.
  • timrstark on 04 Sep 15
     
    This article is about how learning management systems can be set up to encourage the development of Personal Learning Environments and connectivist learning. Currently many LMS are not developing students who are reaching their potential in creativity and autonomous learning. The large limiting factor in this include lack of student or even instructor knowledge of tools within an LMS. This is creating students who are dependent on the resources available within their LMS rather than capable of finding their own resources to guide their learning. When designing an online course it is crucial that students have the opportunity to discuss their learning and to share resources among each other.
timrstark

Website #9 Connectivist Learning Theory - 5 views

One thing that popped out to me in this article was on the importance of maintaining a Personal Learning Network. So much work by teachers now is to inspire students to be life long learners. I won...

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started by Kelly Kenney on 01 Sep 15 1 follow-up, last by timrstark on 04 Sep 15
Jill Miller

elearn Magazine: How important is Twitter in your Personal Learning Network? - 1 views

elearnmag.acm.org/featured.cfm

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shared by Jill Miller on 03 Sep 15 - No Cached
  • Jill Miller on 03 Sep 15
     
    This article discusses the importance of Twitter to PLNs. The author points to a variety of benefits of using Twitter in a PLN, including the ability to tap into collective knowledge, to amplify one's own ideas, and to solicit help from the PLN. As an infrequent Twitter user, this article really pushes me to question my lack of use of this powerful tool.
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