George Siemens, "A Brief History of Networked Learning,"... some commnets

Network learning

Long long long article.. 
I know that network learning exist, because I´m using it in everyday life in my home university. :)
In the other side, there was some good parts in this article..

(b) merging with fields which have an existing research base;

Good part about unifying of sociology and the technical part. My field of study „Mediamatics“ is a living example :).I think that is the key, how to understand the new possibilities of new media, we can´t forget think about our human part of live. Hardware is only the tool, but main subjects are people, which using the tools(technologies).

d) practicality and popularization of social network

One fact to remember :) : Statistics vary on the level of adoption of social networking sites, but some suggest over 80% penetration (Salaway & Borreson Caruso, 2007, p.12) among students in academic settingsservices;

(e) as a model for detailing the process of education and learning.

Is very good that, sciencist making a new researchs, because this kind of science are very dynamic, and we can´t missed our train in this area.

Educators seeking to understand how learners interact with each other through online forums, email, or blog networks, can rely on the principles of network analysis developedby sociologists.

I´m sure that is very difficult for educators in many ways.. We have to co-operate together (students and educators). This is the only one possibility.