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List of projects successfully using social media for education at the college level

List of projects successfully using social media for education at the college level

This article discusses the challenge to translate evidence-based practice, an important and necessary feature in public health, to communities of practice that disseminates and applies the evidence-based practice.

This article provides an introduction and overview for personal learning environments and digital learning pedagogy.

This blog post describes a conference about Communities of Practice. The author considers the similarities and differences between Communities of Practice and Personal Learning Environments.

This website provides an introduction and overview of Communities of Practice, created by the individual who coined the term.

This webpage from the US Department of Education describes how Communities of Practice can improve education.

This journal article reviews four foundational articles about Communities of Practice. It explains and explores differences in understanding of this relatively new concept. You may need to sign in to this article with your Boise ID to access the full-text.

This articles provides an important model for understanding the personal learning networks that students can create as part of the learning process. It incorporates Connectivism learning theory as part of the PLN creation.

This journal article positions Connectivism as a natural successor to the progress of learning theory from Behaviorism to Constructivism. It also discusses the controversy this theory has faced when being described as a full-fledged learning theory.

This podcast features George Siemens discussing his Connectivism Theory and its relationship to Behaviorism, Cognitivism, and Constructivism.

This document is a research paper Beth Transue completed for EdTech 504 on Connectivism Theory and Information Literacy. It demonstrates the alignment between Connectivism principles and ACRL Information Literacy standards, and recommends that librarians consider Connectivism learning theory when creating information literacy instruction sessions.

This list provides links to articles and webpages I found on the topics of Connectivism, Communities of Practice, and Personal Learning Environment. Some of the articles require a log-in with the student's Boise State network userid and password.

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Personal blog on the intersections between technology and libraries