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Entries from June 2006

Learning webs

June 30th, 2006 · No Comments

Illich wrote of learning webs as a way of reconfiguring learning around learners goals rather than around curricular goals see http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-illic.htm.
A current conversation on moodle.org on learning webs chimes quite nicely with one we had a few months ago on CABWEB HELP when Jan Visser led a discussion event on “To school, or not to […]

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Tags: Learning Technology

Strong ties, weak ties and links between online (distributed) communities

June 6th, 2006 · No Comments

On the HELP network at CABWEB, we have found using social network and community of practice theories is helping us to understand how our participants can share ideas within and across networks.? Here is an extract from a paper I am currently writing with two colleagues where we are puzzling over the balance between using […]

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Tags: Information Systems · Learning Technology

OK- Time I got started

June 6th, 2006 · No Comments

I have had this blog at elgg for ages and never posted anything (assuming that noone else wanted to read what I would post).
I have spotted that others use their blogs? to save them retyping or cutting and pasting ideas that they want to share in more than one place.? As I am currently engaging […]

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Tags: Learning Technology