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Developing professional identity in nursing academics: The role of communities of practice - 0 views

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    The article discusses the state of nursing at the time of publishing but also delves into the creation of a community of practice that included international healthcare instructors. The article also discusses challenges that were faced by the community as they transitioned from a face to face environment to an online discussion.
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The networked student model for construction of personal learning environments: Balanci... - 0 views

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    The article offers an explanation of what a networked student model and a networked teacher model would look like. With the examples, it is suggested that these models could assist instructors in developing personal learning networks that provide the students with many opportunities to learn from many different sources.
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Connectivism: Its Place in Theory-Informed Research and Innovation in Technology-Enable... - 5 views

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    The article discusses connectivism and its use in MOOCs and the detractors of the learning theory. There are two definitions of connectivism - one as the learning theory and one that critics of the concept would prefer. The article also includes several scenarios that explain ways that instructors can use connectivism in their classrooms, if they have access to the different required resources.
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Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age - 1 views

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    The article discusses the traditional learning theories and expands on the concept of connectivism. The author explains the way students gather and retain knowledge is constantly changing and the need to connect what they learn each day is necessary.
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Personal Learning Environments - the future of eLearning? - 6 views

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    The article looks at personal learning environments and discusses the possibility that some form of PLE will be needed as part of the future of learning. It also discusses the need for changes in education to accommodate PLEs as current teaching methodology is out of date with how current students wish to learn.
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The Challenges to Connectivist Learning on Open Online Networks: Learning Experiences d... - 5 views

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    This article looks at the challenges that could be faced by using PLEs and Connectivisim in social networking. The article breaks down the challenges to Connectivist learning and then explains the research methodology behind their findings.
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Personal Learning Environments, social media, and self-regulated learning: A natural fo... - 0 views

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    The article discusses the concept of PLEs and social media, including the perceived thought that PLEs could be considered a pedagogy or a form of technology. The article further discusses that PLEs have the advantage of making the learning specific to each student.
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Building on Wenger: Communities of Practice in Nursing - 2 views

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    The article is written to show the pros and cons of using communities of practice in the nursing field to share knowledge and collaborate in the process of innovative nursing practices.
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BMC Medical Education - 0 views

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    This article talks about the early collaboration tools that were available at the time of its publishing and their possible use in medical education. A general background is provided of blogs and podcasts and the article offers advantages and disadvantages to using both.
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Communities of Practice - 13 views

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    This article discusses the origins of Communities of Practice and then expands on the concepts by using examples that adhere to Anthropology and Linguistics.
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Tech and Learning Magazine - 1 views

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    The Tech and Learning magazine has always been on my reading list, though, I admit that I don't read the articles as much as I would like. I tend to find at least one article that is relevant to my current situations each time I read it.
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