Cyber Social Network Management: Enhancing the Learning Power of Distance Learners in Learning Communities

Abstract

Based on the relevant concepts of Cyber Social Network Management (CSNM), this paper analyzes the necessity and possibility of CSNM from the perspective of connectivism and discusses the underlying aim and the essential strategies (processes, principles and tools) of CSNM. The paper makes an attempt to provide a series of helpful ideas and practices for distance learners to promote the learning power through CSNM.

Citation

Zhixian, Z. and Jianhua, S. (2011), "Cyber Social Network Management: Enhancing the Learning Power of Distance Learners in Learning Communities", Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, Vol. 6 No. 1, pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAOUJ-06-01-2011-B001