Communities of Learners Redefined: Customized Networks That Impact Learning
01/21/09•
Those educators among us who are familiar with constructivist and constructionist models of
learning understand the impact that social learning theory has had on the...
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Communities of Learners Redefined: Customized Networks That Impact Learning
01/21/09•
Those educators among us who are familiar with constructivist and constructionist models of
learning understand the impact that social learning theory has had on the field.
Likewise those of us
who are familiar with the application of new technology in learning understand that customization
(or "the user") is what drives every structure, every program, and every software function.
It seems, then, that as educators we have a struggle between emphasizing the social nature of
learning while maximizing the benefits of each learner becoming more clearly identified in the
process.
New technology, of course, can help in both aspects, but it is the teaching method that is
challenged.
I hope that eventually teaching methods will have morphed into a flexible model of
instructional design and delivery that I will call "Customized Learner Networks": networks that are
both socially constructed and individually
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