The nature of networks --- I have been thinking about the role of networks recently for my work. There is a lot of interesting theory out there about the differences between a network and a community. I particularly like the perspectives of the learning theorist, Etienne Wenger, who argues that both are social structures, but a network is a set of relationships, personal interactions, and connections, whereas communities are defined by a shared identity.

Source author: Elizabeth Hendry elizabethhendry@hotmail.co.uk