Teaching Crowds: Learning and Social Media

• Main Author: Terry Anderson (auth)
• Other Authors: Jon Dron (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Athabasca University Press 2014
• Series: Issues in Distance Education
• Subjects: self-directed learning; lifelong learners; learning management systems; blended learning; networked learning; educational technology; social media; learning communities
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Within the rapidly expanding field of educational technology, learners and educators must confront a seemingly overwhelming selection of tools designed to deliver and facilitate both online and blended learning. Many of these tools assume that learning is configured and delivered in closed contexts,...