Knowledge. Folksonomy. Web2.0_intro. Papers_posters. Learn Nodes Findability Animation. Today schools still rely mostly on printed paper and closed digital resources while strongly cautioning their teachers and students in using the open Net . For the ten-plus years since the Net began expanding from a small education resources network into multiple sectors and eventually mammoth information repositories, educators have been concerned about the challenge of finding the best learning resources within the vast open content. This perceived challenge has been a main reason that education has kept online materials at arms length.
Meanwhile, along with the much-lamented educational "junk" that poured into the Net, arguably most of the knowledge the academy exists to teach went online where these digital resources are open to all, free - and are usually better kept up-to-date and more compelling than in their printed counterparts. Net native methods have emerged that make online content findable. Read this white paper online, or download it as a PDF. Connect intelligence and interests. 2008-Horizon-Report. Networked Learning: Education in distributed networks. Networked Learning: Education in distributed networks by Stephan Ridgway, eLearning Cordinator, TAFE NSW - Sydney Institute A presentation as guest speaker for the Digital Media Components & Products course, Randwick College, 21 August 2007 image by TouchGraph Overview In this session participants will gain an understanding of:An historical overview of the shift from distance learning, online learning through to eLearningOverview of the emergent web2.0 and it's defining characteristicsNetworked Learning modelSession Recordings A brief history of eLearning Distance Learning Sometimes referred to as correspondence learning, this involved the distribution of print based material to students, typically by mail with phone contact to individual learners.
OTEN and numerous universities still deliver in this fashion although it is often supplemented with some form of online presence, typically a Learning Management System. Knowledge Sharing in collaborative networks References. REVIEW | September/October 2004, Volume 39, Number 5. © 2004 Stephen Downes EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 39, no. 5 (September/October 2004): 14–26. Stephen Downes Stephen Downes ( is a Senior Researcher with the E-Learning Research Group, National Research Council Canada, Moncton, New Brunswick.
Comments on this article can be sent to the author at stephen@downes.ca. "I think it’s the most beautiful tool of the world and it allows us the most magic thing... " —Florence Dassylva-Simard, fifth-grade student The bell rings, and the halls of Institut St-Joseph in Quebec City echo the clatter of the fifth- and sixth-graders. Dominic Ouellet-Tremblay, a fifth-grade student at St-Joseph, writes: "The blogs give us a chance to communicate between us and motivate us to write more. The students at St-Joseph are reflective of a trend that is sweeping the world of online learning: the use of weblogs to support learning.
Institut St-Joseph is an unassuming, yellow-brick school on a tree-lined road in the west side of Quebec City. Figure 1.