Networked Learning: An Educational Paradigm for the Age of Digital Networks

by Christopher Jones

This book posits the idea that networked learning is the one new paradigm in learning theory that has resulted from the introduction of digital and networked technologies. It sets out, in a single volume, a critical review of the main ideas and then articulates the case for adopting a networked learning perspective in a variety of educational settings. This book fills a gap in the literature on networked learning. Although there are several edited volumes in the field there is no other monograph makes the academic case and provides the academic context for networked learning. This volume accomplishes three main goals. First, it assists researchers and practitioners in acquainting themselves with the field. Second, it provides resources for reference and guidance to those not well acquainted with the field. Finally and most powerfully, it also allows for the consolidation of a field that is truly multidisciplinary in a way that maintains coherence and consistency.

259 pages, Hardcover

First published June 2, 2015

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Reviews

[Apostolos · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not quite the book I thought it would be. I was expecting to read more about Networked Learning itself, but instead I think I read around networked learning: in what environment networked learning exists, and how to think about it. For example reading about learning theories (and which ones may or may not apply to networked learning); reading about agency, affordances, network theories, actor-network theory, infrastructure, and so on. I think if these topics are new to you, then this book will most likely be quite informative. If you are looking for more on networked learning more directly, perhaps another book on Networked Learning is better.