Week5_Groups_Networks

**Week 5: Groups and networks: patterns of organization** **Overview** Patterns of social organization influence how information is exchanged. Groups, networks, and communities are just a few illustration of organization patterns. This week is a deeper dive into networks and groups. By the end of the week, you should get a better sense of why we've designed this course as a distributed network rather than a group-based structure such as a discussion forum.

**Readings**  > **Seminars** > **Activities**  Your first paper - your position on Connectivism - is due at the end of this week. More information on the paper is available here: http://connectivism12.wikispaces.com/ (scroll down to the assignment section).
 * Longish discussion with Etienne Wenger on communities vs networks: http://www.nlc.ell.aau.dk/index.php/forum/topic?id=26
 * Stephen Downes, [|Groups Vs Networks: The Class Struggle Continues]
 * Stephen Downes, [|That Group Feeling]
 * Stephen Downes, [|Groups and Networks] (video; here's the [|image] from the video)
 * George Siemens, [|Group and Network] (Articulate presentation)
 * Terry Anderson and John Dron, [|Collectives, Networks and Groups in Social Software for E-Learning]
 * Stephen Downes, [|7 Habits of Highly Connected People] 
 * Thursday, 8 pm Eastern //: //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000cc; font-family: verdana,arial,sans-serif;">[|Collaborate]. See time zone conversions ([])