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Online Communities Seminar 2011

Description:

For direct access to the seminar click on "Seminar programme" in the menu above.

Title: Learning from online communities

Dates: February 14th - March 27th, 2011

Place: Here online - all the modules will be carried out here on the L4D platform and at your own pace.

Organiser: Alan McCluskey

Aim: Increase awareness and improve understanding of online communities and social networks and their relationship to learning

This free seminar, which is centred on exchange of experience between participants stimulated by articles and tasks, is divided into five modules which will run parallel.

Modules:

1. Online communities and social networks

2. Tools for communication and learning

3. Ways of working in online communities

4. Participation - the challenge of communities

5. Learning, change and innovation in the online context.

Working languages: The contents of the seminar are in English. Discussions will be in English, French and German.

Starting point: Programme and content To access this group you need to click on Join group.

Participation: The seminar is free and open to all interested people. A thought about participation and learning as you ponder signing up: the more you participate (reading, taking part in activities and sharing with others), the more you are likely to get out of the experience.

Workload: Participation will involve reading several short texts (in English) each week, trying out a limited number of tools available on this platform, sharing experience about online activities, and taking part in one or two proposed activities each week, including drawing up and discussing an initial list of potential issues about ICT and education that will be subsequently discussed at the meeting in Münchenwiler (April 1st-2nd).

Brief description: An online seminar about learning from online communities.

Tags: seminar, communities, online, 2011, social networks, participation, ict, education

Website: communities.connected.org