Research, Boundaries, and Policy in Networked Learning

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. The Relationships Between Policy, Boundaries and Research in Networked Learning

   • Thomas Ryberg, Christine Sinclair

   Pages 1-20

3. Policy in Networked Learning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. Learning from a Deceptively Spacious Policy Discourse

      • Sarah Hayes

      Pages 23-40

   3. Boundary Brokers: Mobile Policy Networks, Database Pedagogies, and Algorithmic Governance in Education

      • Ben Williamson

      Pages 41-57

   4. MOOCs and the Politics of Networked Learning in an Age of Austerity

      • Chris Jones

      Pages 59-74

4. Boundaries in Networked Learning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. It’s Not All About the Learner: Reframing Students’ Digital Literacy as Sociomaterial Practice

      • Lesley Gourlay, Martin Oliver

      Pages 77-92

   3. Artefacts and Activities in the Analysis of Learning Networks

      • Peter Goodyear, Lucila Carvalho, Nina Bonderup Dohn

      Pages 93-110

   4. Transitioning Across Networked, Workplace and Educational Boundaries: Shifting Identities and Chronotopic Movements

      • Sue Timmis, Jane Williams

      Pages 111-124

5. Researching Networked Learning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125

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   2. Field Activity and the Pedagogy of Simultaneity to Support Mobile Learning in the Open

      • Michael Sean Gallagher, Pekka Ihanainen

      Pages 127-144

   3. A Practice-Grounded Approach to ‘Engagement’ and ‘Motivation’ in Networked Learning

      • Nina Bonderup Dohn

      Pages 145-164

   4. The Methodological Challenge of Networked Learning: (Post)disciplinarity and Critical Emancipation

      • Petar Jandrić

      Pages 165-181

6. Back Matter

   Pages 183-191

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This book presents cutting-edge, peer reviewed research on networked learning organized by three themes: policy in networked learning, researching networked learning, and boundaries in networked learning. The "policy in networked learning" section explores networked learning in relation to policy networks, spaces of algorithmic governance and more. The "boundaries in networked learning" section investigates frameworks of students' digital literacy practices, among other important frameworks in digital learning. Lastly, the "research in networked learning" section delves into new research methods in the field.

• Critical pedagogy
• Learning and policy
• Networked learning
• Sociomateriality and sociocultural learning
• Technology and learning
• Technology and pedagogy

• Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

  Thomas Ryberg

• Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  Christine Sinclair, Sian Bayne

• Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands

  Maarten de Laat

Thomas Ryberg is Professor MSO in the Department of Communication and Psychology at Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark. He is part of the research centre: “E-learning lab - Center for User Driven Innovation, Learning and Design”. His primary research interests are within the fields of Networked Learning, Problem Based Learning (PBL), Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) and Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL). He is co-chair of the International Networked Learning Conference and member of the Aalborg PBL Academy Management Board. 
Siân Bayne is a Professor of Digital Education in the School of Education, based in the Digital Cultures and Education research group at the University of Edinburgh. She has been widely published in a variety of peer reviewed journals, such as Research in Learning Technology and E-Learning, and has edited and contributed to several books. 

Maarten de Laat is full Professor at the Open Universiteit ofthe Netherlands. He is director of the Social and Networked Learning research programme, which concentrates on exploring social learning strategies and networked learning relationships that facilitate professional development in the workplace.  He has published and presented his work extensively in research journals, books and conferences. 
Christine Sinclair is a lecturer in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh. She has published and presented numerous papers in both journals such as TechTrends and books like Exploring the Theory, Pedagogy, and Practice of Networked Learning published by Springer. Her research interests include the experience of being a student in a variety of fields and online education.

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