Environmental design for a structured network learning society

Social interactions profoundly impact the learning processes of learners in traditional societies. The rapid rise of the Internet using population has been the establishment of numerous different styles of network communities. Network societies form when more Internet communities are established, but the basic form of a network society, especially a network learning society, remains unclear. In 1998, a group of Taiwanese researchers created a network learning society, named ‘‘EduCities’’. Based on the experience of building this network learning society, the authors found that a structured network learning society architecture helps participants to coordinate and manage interaction processes. This study describes 10 basic elements involved in establishing a structured network learning society, i.e., participants, shared visions, devices, services, rules, relations, manners, learning domains, learning goals and learning activities. A structured network learning society environ...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2007
• Where: CE
• Authors: Ben Chang, Nien-Heng Cheng, Yi-Chan Deng, Tak-Wai Chan
• Keywords: CE 2007, Network Learning Society, Numerous Different Styles, Structured Network