[LD-SIG Discussion List] Intro podcast: “Should We be Using Communities for Learning?”

[Philip Brown]

Hi,

Here's the blurb for a preview podcast with Nancy White, hosted by LearningTimes GreenRoom hosts Susan Manning and Dan Balzer:
  http://www.internationalonlineconference.org/2010/program

 
"We are navigating a tumultuous and very interesting 
transition of how we think about learning. We are stepping beyond the 
boundaries of “course,” questioning the continuum of formal and informal learning — all in a time when technology is fundamentally changing what it means to “be together.” From this context, the idea of using the 
social structure of “community” for learning has come center stage. 
Community has shown to be valuable in some contexts. But should it be the structure? Is structuring our educational frameworks around community 
central, or does it deserve a different place along the continuum of 
individual–community–networked learning. When is community the sweet 
spot? When is it the trap? Let’s talk."

About Nancy White
Nancy is an 
internationally recognized online interaction designer, facilitator, 
blogger (http://www.fullcirc.com/), learner, teacher, presenter, tinkerer and writer on online facilitation and interaction, social architecture and social media. She co-authored “Digital Habitats: stewarding technology for communities” with Etienne 
Wenger and John Smith. She’s also a chocoholic.
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Cheers,


Phil Brown
MA Tutor
MASH Collaborator
Learner Development Special Interest Group, Member at Large


      
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