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What is Connected Learning?

"Connected learning is rooted in the active participation of students, instructors, advisors, and collaborators, offering the ability to connect courses, people, and resources to develop unique personalized learning pathways. This vision of education is of particular interest to those concerned with learner success and the growing role that collaboration plays in all facets of higher education." 7 Things You Should Know About Connected Learning, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, May 2013. For further exploration of this emerging concept, access the following events resources.

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  • Higher Education in the Ultra-Connected Age, EDUCAUSE Live!, April 25, 2013. The speakers defined and explored the new, connected education landscape. They also explored how traditional higher education, whether large research or small liberal arts, should be adapting to the opportunities and challenges presented by the ubiquity and pervasiveness of connectivity.
  • Higher Education in the Connected Age, EDUCAUSE Review Online, April 1, 2013. EDUCAUSE President and CEO Diana Oblinger provides insight into the new, connected age in higher education.
  • Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design, January 2013. This report, from the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub, is a synthesis of ongoing research, design, and implementation of an approach to education called "connected learning." It advocates for broadened access to learning that is socially embedded, interest-driven, and oriented toward educational, economic, or political opportunity.

 

 

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