Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

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Doctors versus internet: who is better at diagnosing?

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

George Siemens sees in his theory of connectivism learning as a process of network formation and connection of nodes, not so much as a process going on inside the brain. Knowledge is changing so fast that you need a network and need to know who knows anything, even more than you can find it. Learning can also occur in non-human nodes.

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Engaging course alumni using Facebook: the case of Ruforum

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

RUFORUM has a mandate to oversee graduate training and networks of specialization. The group began in 2009 through a need to track and engage alumni. Below my question and Nandozi's answers Nandozi, can you describe how the Facebook group started? Thus, the introduction of the online group. There were no guidelines or rules created.

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Introducting social media in organisations to improve the learning function is more difficult than you may think.

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

For some time now, I have an evaluation report of an organization that has experience with the introduction of social media (like wikis and blog) in the organization since 2009. The report is very interesting, because it shows that the actual practice of changing habits in organisations is very hard!