Seminars

Building Social Networks for Education

Registration for this seminar in 2004 is now closed - to receive information about dates for this seminar in 2005, please email us at [email protected].

Understanding how learning networks function has become an essential component of a broad range of educational applications, including designing effective learning-at-a-distance alternatives, developing productive interdisciplinary ties, and creating working research teams. This intensive seminar is designed to provide educators and administrators alike with the necessary knowledge to pursue such applications systematically and fruitfully. The topics to be discussed have been selected with an eye to their immediate application, and are presented together with the theory that grounds them. In addition to the schedule outlined below, this seminar also includes an individual followup session with each participant to discuss the application of its content to projects within their institution.

Day 1 - Background and Theory

The ties that bind: a brief overview of network theory

The games that people play: cooperation, voting behavior, and the balance of power

Dinner and discussion: What are the goals of your institution?

Day 2 - Putting the Theory to Work

The infrastructure of social networks: measuring, analyzing, and constructing connections

Designing a process to reach your goals: a matrix model, applied

Building learning networks: technological tools that create connections

How will I know when I've succeeded? designing and implementing metrics

Closing discussion: How will you use what you've learned within your institution?

We welcome your inquiries on this seminar - please email us at [email protected]