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Self-Organizing Networked Learning Environments

Self-Organizing Networked Learning Environments

Jon Dron
Copyright: © 2005 |Pages: 5
ISBN13: 9781591405535|ISBN10: 159140553X|EISBN13: 9781591407942
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch435
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Dron, Jon. "Self-Organizing Networked Learning Environments." Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, First Edition, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., IGI Global, 2005, pp. 2459-2463. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch435

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Dron, J. (2005). Self-Organizing Networked Learning Environments. In M. Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, First Edition (pp. 2459-2463). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch435

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Dron, Jon. "Self-Organizing Networked Learning Environments." In Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, First Edition, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., 2459-2463. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2005. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch435

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Abstract

The Internet has long been touted as an answer to the needs of adult learners, providing a wealth of resources and the means to communicate in many ways with many people. This promise rarely has been fulfilled, and often, when it is, by mimicking traditional instructor-led processes of education. As a large network, the Internet has characteristics that differentiate it from other learning environments. As Kelly (1998) puts it, “the sum of the value of a network increases as the square of the number of members.” Because these interactions are mediated through computers and may be with many users at once, this is a notable underestimate.

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