A network, in the context of an ecology and communities, is how we organize our learning communities.resulting in a personal learning network." I intended this to be a comment to Dave Warlick's post on the subject, but his comment system won't accept my submission. link] This use, although dates, is consistent with uses of the term today. MORE >>

Almost everyone lives in a democracy, and even if people don't vote, they are increasingly involved in community activities, not mere socializing outside the family but organizing, participating, creating, lobbying and more. Skills can neither be taught nor applied effectively without prior knowledge of a wide array of subjects." Second. MORE >>

blog is a personal website that contains content organized like a journal or a diary. Moreover, blogging helps students see their work in different subjects as interconnected and helps them organize their own learning. Submission for a forthcoming STRIDE handbook for The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). What is a Blog? MORE >>

Organizations such as the Canadian military[14] and IBM[15] are realizing that in order to manage a complex system it is not productive to impose direction from the top, even if that direction is motivated to achieve positive outcomes (and it is even less productive when those at the top are not so altruistically motivated). HRSDC. MORE >>

Some of it could be aggregated (if, say, they used a course tag, such as we do in #change11) but others would be completely inaccessible to any formal organization. When did you start getting interested in the potential of social media in education and why? It all depends on what you call social media. It is based on the internet. need it. MORE >>