Teaching Crowds - Learning and Social Media

by Jon Dron and Terry Anderson

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In Teaching Crowds, Dron and Anderson introduce a new model for understanding and exploiting the pedagogical potential of Web-based technologies, one that rests on connections — on networks and collectives — rather than on separations. Recognizing that online learning both demands and affords new models of teaching and learning, the authors show how learners can engage with social media platforms to create an unbounded field of emergent connections.

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Publisher
Athabasca University
Subjects
Social Sciences, Education and Professional Development
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. Preface
  7. 1: On the Nature and Value of Social Software for Learning
  8. 2: Social Learning Theories
  9. 3: A Typology of Social Forms for Learning
  10. 4: Learning in Groups
  11. 5: Learning in Networks
  12. 6: Learning in Sets
  13. 7: Learning with Collectives
  14. 8: Stories From the Field
  15. 9: Issues and Challenges in Educational Uses of Social Software
  16. 10: The Shape of Things and of Things to Come
  17. Back Matter
  18. Index
  19. Glossary
  20. Detailed Licensing