Resumen
The article focuses on methods of making learning networks effective. Learning networks are groups of people who use the Internet and web to communicate and collaborate in order to build and share knowledge. The most frequent application is online college courses, but they could also occur at the grade school level. Whether or not an effective learning community will emerge from the potential created by course-based online connectivity depends upon the extent to which various aspects of interactivity are developed: interactivity between student and instructor, among the members of the class as they engage in discussions and collaborative work and between the learners and the software. One aspect of developing effective student-instructor interaction, able to establish swift trust during the first week of the course. Collaborative learning strategies are crucial for online learning to be effective. Appropriate software might include online quizzes with diagnostic feedback, or special structures that can support interaction among large learning communities, such as hundreds of participants involved in developing and discussing issues in a social decision-support system