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All Learning Communities and Networks

Theories of learning that happen in communities, networks and shared projects, including connectivism, communities of practice, networked learning, rhizomatic learning, learning communities, connected learning, knowledge building, group cognition and social pedagogy. A theory belongs here when the cited article defines learning as a collective or networked process. It excludes apprenticeship theories and group teaching methods, which sit in their own groups.

All Learning Communities and Networks
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Wikipedia: Connectivism
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    Connectivism is a theoretical framework for understanding learning in a digital age.
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    Connectivism is a theoretical framework for understanding learning in a digital age.
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Wikipedia: Community of Practice
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A community of practice (CoP), also called a vertical community, is a group of people who "share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly".
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Networked learning (Wikipedia)
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Networked learning is a process of developing and maintaining connections with people and information, and communicating in such a way so as to support one another's learning.
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Wikipedia: Rhizomatic Learning
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Rhizomatic learning is a variety of pedagogical practices informed by the work of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari.
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Learning community (Wikipedia)
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A learning community is a group of people who share common academic goals and attitudes and meet semi-regularly to collaborate on classwork.
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Connected Learning (Wikipedia)
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Connected learning is a type of learning in which a young person pursues a personal interest with friends and adults.
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Knowledge building (Wikipedia)
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The Knowledge Building (KB) theory was created and developed by Carl Bereiter and Marlene Scardamalia for describing what a community of learners needs to accomplish in order to create knowledge.
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Wikipedia: Group Cognition
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Group cognition is a social, largely linguistic phenomenon whereby a group of people produce a sequence of utterances that performs a cognitive act.
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Social learning (social pedagogy) (Wikipedia)
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Social learning (social pedagogy) is learning that takes place at a wider scale than individual or group learning, up to a societal scale, through social interaction between peers.
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