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Connectivism and Semiformal Knowledge: How to Assess Online Learning in the Web 2.0 Era || Nicolò A. Piave, University of Macerata, Cassino (FR), Italy, npiave@gmail.com || This paper deals with a new paradigm of learning which takes account of reticular relationships among people and considers knowledge as a fluid running through ties within a global network. In particular it seeks to evidence the relationship between informal learning dynamics, which can be observed in virtual contexts, and Web social software that people use everyday.
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The growing importance of online informal learning, in a holistic perspective of learning which embraces both formal and informal education, together with the social viewpoint of distributed knowledge and the wikinomics principles of the digital era, puts in evidence the necessity of a toolset in order to correctly assess informal knowledge and to acknowledge it within a formal border. So, e-portfolios and Personal Learning Environments can represent an interesting toolset, provided that the evaluator knows the relation between reification and participation and is able to isolate them and judge them together. Wenger's theory of Community of Practice offers some interesting elements for an evaluation process and highlights aprioristic limits of an informal learning evaluation process. || General session Forum Intermediate ||
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