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Conceptual Frameworks for Network Learning Environments and Hypertext: Frameworks for Constructing Personal and Shared Knowledge Spaces
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, Vanderbilt University, United States ; , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States

IJET Volume 1, Number 4, ISSN 1077-9124 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Chesapeake, VA

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Educational uses of networks are rapidly expanding as the problems of "ease-of-use" and "access" are gradually being solved. However, even as these problems are being solved, the solutions create second-order problems, such as students and teachers becoming overwhelmed with massive amounts of network generated information. In this paper we present conceptual frameworks that characterize some of the unique properties of network learning environments which then can be used to provide systematic guidance to the design of network learning activities and software tools. We illustrate these frameworks by showing how they have helped us design two different tools for educational uses of networks: The Message Assistant and the Learning Resource Server. The utilization of these frameworks to address general issues related to network learning environments is also considered.

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Jacobson, M. & Levin, J. (1995). Conceptual Frameworks for Network Learning Environments and Hypertext: Frameworks for Constructing Personal and Shared Knowledge Spaces. International Journal of Educational Telecommunications, 1(4), 367-388. Charlottesville, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved June 6, 2023 from .

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