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    Human ecological complexity; epistemological implications of social networking and emerging curriculum theories

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    2011
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    Gilstrap, Donald L.
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    Gilstrap, Donald L. 2011. Human ecological complexity; epistemological implications of social networking and emerging curriculum theories. -- Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education;v.8 no.2: pp.36-51
    Abstract
    This article explores the growing use of social networking among contemporary students and researchers in education. It is argued that social networking systems exhibit many of the characteristics of complex systems, such as self-organization and far-from-equilibrium conditions. This article, therefore, contends that curriculum development in the near future will be deeply impacted by social networks. Equally, curriculum scholars are in a unique position to integrate chaos and complexity theories which help to recreate the ontological and epistemological frameworks needed to respond to social networking phenomena.
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    © Copyright 2011. The author, DONALD L. GILSTRAP, assigns to the University of Alberta and other educational and non-profit institutions a non-exclusive license to use this document for personal use and in courses of instruction provided that the article is used in full and this copyright statement is reproduced. The author also grants a non-exclusive license to the University of Alberta to publish this document in full on the World Wide Web, and for the document to be published on mirrors on the World Wide Web. Any other usage is prohibited without the express permission of the authors.
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    http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/complicity/article/view/9222/8562
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