Social Networking Theories and Tools to Support Connectivist Learning Activities

摘要

This article considers the affordances of social networking theories and tools to build new and effective e-learning practices. We argue that 揷onnectivism?(social networking applied to learning and knowledge contexts) can lead to a reconceptualization of learning in which formal, nonformal, and informal learning can be integrated as to build potentially lifelong learning activities to be experienced in 損ersonal learning environments.?In order to provide a guide in the design, development, and improvement both of personal learning environments and in the related learning activities, we provide a knowledge flow model highlighting the stages of learning and the related enabling conditions. The derived model is applied in a possible scenario of formal learning in order to show how the learning process can be designed according to the presented theory.