Networked Learning - Learning to Learn SeriesLearning to Learn Series

Title	Networked Learning
Description	Technology has provided us with additional opportunities for all of us to participate in flexible virtual exchanges with our peers. However, the establishment and maintenance of active and meaningful online collaborations, communities and projects is a challenging task. In this module we will look at the concept of connectivism, personal learning networks and digital learning communities and the benefits and pitfalls of online collaboration. We will also examine various methods in building your own personal learning network and ways to understand and facilitate group collaboration in the online environment within an educational setting.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of this module, learners will be able to: describe the social, affective and cognitive benefits of connectivism and collaborative learning build a personal learning network apply techniques to effectively co-construct knowledge among diverse and culturally unique group members establish guiding principles on virtual collaboration analyze characteristics of various collaborative technologies
Topics	Connectivism Personal Learning Networks Digital Learning Communities Virtual Collaboration
Videos	An Overview of Connectivism Digital Communities for Learning – A bit of theory Virtual Collaboration
Learning Resources	Connectivism: Connectivism, A Learning Theory for the Digital Age (George Siemens) Connectivism and Connective Knowledge (Stephen Downes) In Connectivism, No One Can Hear You Scream: A Guide to Understanding the MOOC Novice (Keith Brennan) Social Networking as Peer Surveillance (Ashe Dryden) Personal Learning Networks: I Link, Therefore I Am: Network Literacy as a Core Digital Literacy (Mark Pegrum) Connective Learning and the Commercial Imperative (Norman Friesen) Howard Rheingold’s Advice on Building a PLN Digital Communities for Learning Where Online Community Began The Role of Communities of Practice in a Digital Age (Tony Bates) New Learning Environments in the 21st Century (John Seely Brown) Virtual Collaboration Where Good Ideas Come From (Steven Johnson) How to Survive Virtual Group Work Working Together Apart (Zakaria et al)
Teaching Resources	Facilitator Guide (pending)