Use of Social Networks and Complexity for Enhancement of Academic Learning in Supervised Internships: An Internalization by Doing

paper presents the initial study of a methodological approach called "Internalization by Doing" with the purpose of providing a Complexity environment for academic learning in supervised interships as part of a doctoral research. This methodology is aimed for the use of a Digital Social Network to promote Paths of Complexity such as recursivity, retroactivity, systemic view. The open source framework Elgg was used for the development of Digital Social Network. The results show it is possible to obtain significant gains for academical and practical learning in supervised interships.