Networks
This track will focus on the nature of digital networks and network-building, from blogs and social media to open courses and collaboration. It will include discussions of MOOCs, rhizomatic learning, how influence and reputation circulate in professional learning networks, the the social contracts of closed and networked spaces, and the intersections between networks and face-to-face learning environments. Participants will consider how networks are both responding to and creating the Internet as a learning environment. Individual sessions and workshops will introduce tools and hybrid approaches that can help build learning communities that extend beyond the bounds of the classroom. Participants will also explore the challenges, risks, and benefits of having students collaborating openly on the web.
Bonnie Stewart