Networked Learning in a Networked World

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Networked Learning in a Networked World
I will be in Kuala Lampur during the Future of Learning in a Networked World taking place in January in Thailand, but as Teemu Leinonen (who will be in Bogota) says, most of the event will take place online. And I will be watching with interest. Anyhow, as his contribution to the event, Leinonen tackles the groups and networks debate again, introducing non-formal learning: "Networked learning can also be non-formal. Non-formal means that it is informal but with objectives." And then he turns it around: "I would like to see that 'networked learning' is considered as non-formal or formal learning taking place in a non-hierarchical groups that are constructed from the participants' social networks." Leigh Blackall (another FLNW participant) responds, "Networked learning and non formal learning can appear to be connected if we look at networking, grouping and learning as a sequence, but they are not necessarily." Quite so. More...