In a modern world where knowledge objects are ubiquitous and openly accessible, the roles of educators and learners must evolve to meet the growing needs of the resulting high-paced, digital society. Connectivism is an emergent, net-enabled learning theory that suggests the most important result of a learning situation is the ability of the learner to make connections between distinct ideas using social capital and the affordances of digital networks.
Via Dr. Susan Bainbridge
The best tip from this article is in the last paragraph, Personal learning
Environments (PLE).
I can see these working well with ePortfolios, helping students to collect and curate their work and making connections to help their learning.