Abstract
This chapter proposes an operational model to monitor and assess an Open Networked Learning Community. Specifically, the model is based on the Intellectual Capital framework, along the Human, Structural and Social dimensions. It relies on the social network analysis to map several and complementary perspectives of a learning network. Its application allows to observe and monitor the cognitive behaviour of a learning community, in the final perspective of tracking and obtaining precious insights for value generation.
The setting of the experimentation is a higher education community, framed within an International Master’s program involving 23 learners from different Mediterranean Countries, interconnected in a community of students, tutors, mentors and external stakeholders.
Some preliminary results of this application confirm the assumption that knowledge is a social product, and recognize the importance of the social aspects of learning, valuing the role of collective and personal relationships as the levers for learning networks success.
Referring to the six dimensions highlighted in Chap. 1, this chapter can be represented by the following radar.
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Grippa, F., Secundo, G., De Maggio, M. (2010). A Learning Dashboard to Monitor an Open Networked Learning Community. In: Elia, G., Poce, A. (eds) Open Networked "i-Learning". Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6854-8_5
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