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Image: QuantumVerse Software Inc (Producer). (2014). Knowledge Network Cycle To establish a knowledge network (KN), there are a range of aspects to consider.
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Image: K Atkinson While thinking about what the essential elements of peer-to-peer learning consist of, I remembered my experience as a member of the most successful group of this type of my career. A few years ago, I worked with a team of three other learning designers and a Learning Management System (LMS) manager.
Learning theories aligned with the pedagogy of networked learning include:
Photo by Alok Sharma on Unsplash Charles McClure and Howard Rheingold have contrasting views on network literacy. McClure posits that it is how we will maintain social equity, using a combination of knowledge and skills relating to creation, searching, adaptation, analysis, curation and repurposing (McClure, 1994). Offering an alternate viewpoint, Rheingold stresses the importance of understanding the architecture of networks, and where the locus of power lies, stating that the value of the network is found in the connections and nodes (people or resources) (Howard Rheingold, 2011, February 13; H Rheingold, 2011, February 13). Rheingold sees network literacy as understanding the environment of social networking, whereas McClure feels it is the ability and understanding to operate effectively in the digital network environment which makes one literate.
While I am not a newbie to using digital tools, there are a few mentioned in the readings that I had not been previously exposed to, have used minimally, or in which I am particularly interested. These include Diigo, Feedly, Scoop.it, Pinterest, Twitter and blogging. I intend to assess each one, and describe that for you here, starting today with Twitter.
I read with interest the 4 Big Ideas (Tolisano, 2014, September 28). While I have experienced some degree of isolation in the classroom, it has not been to the same extent as described in Tolisano’s blog post. I teach adult learners who are vocational educators, with most classes designed as workshops to be facilitated by two people. As a result, I have had the luxury of collaboration with a team in the development of the class, and with a colleague in its delivery. In terms of perspective, it is an important aspect of facilitating learning, enabling flexibility and adaptation to a variety of learner needs.
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Beyond cooperation
Collaboration became a critical component of my professional life about three years ago. At this time, I joined a team who just ‘gelled’. Within weeks I felt like I had been working with the other three members for years, and we went on to work on many innovative projects together, bouncing ideas off each other, and building on the ideas and work of our workmates. In every sense of the word we were a TEAM. We had collective goals, and when we identified a problem, worked together on it to come up with a solution (Nussbaum-Beach & Hall, 2010).
Defining characteristics of today's internet which stimulates information production Information is produced at an ever-increasing rate, stimulated by several key aspects of our digital world. Information is no longer the sole domain of the wealthy and influential, with open-source software freely available, blogging platforms and wikis open everyone, and social media forums influencing trends, it is no longer a closed, controlled and rarified world. Photo by freestocks.org on Unsplash
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