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Networked learning is a research area concerned with the relationship between digital, networked technologies and education and learning. The depth and range of ideas informing networked learning can be explored in a number of publications (Steeples and Jones 2002; Goodyear et al. 2004; Dirckinck-Holmfeld et al. 2012; Hodgson et al. 2014; Carvalho and Goodyear 2014; Jones 2015; Jandrić and Boras 2015). Networked learning is:
…learning in which information and communications technology (ICT) is used to promote connections: between one learner and other learners, between learners and tutors; between a learning community and its learning resources. (Goodyear et al. 2004, p. 1)
The key term in this definition is connections and the emphasis is on the technology-mediated interactions between people and between people and resources. Connections include interactions between people and material technologies and resources. However,...
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Jones, C., Ryberg, T., de Laat, M. (2015). Networked Learning. In: Peters, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-532-7_129-1
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