engage productively in relevant online communities" and "influence others in an increasingly digital world". So the importance of these forms of engagement is being established but what is not yet clear is how we actually support this in practice.
to communicate to learners what the possible benefits of having a presence and sharing practice online could be
and the ability to visibly collaborate on the web, can appear daunting, risky and potentially a huge distraction from the "real" curriculum for many learners
It's not commonly perceived as an evolving practice in which personal views are openly shared and in which students' opinions become a valued part of a communal learning experience.
What are the implications for learning and teaching when we move from perceiving the web as a collection of tools to thinking of it as a series of overlapping spaces?