How to Create a Robust and Meaningful Personal Learning Network [PLN] This post describes how educators can develop a personal learning network that supports meaningful and relevant learning. The MOOC, Education Technology & Media, etmooc, is used here as a working example of how to develop a PLN. “My Personal Learning Network is the key to keeping me up-to-date with all the changes that are happening in education and how technology can best support and engage today’s students.” A visual image of participants in an open, online course- etmooc, which shows the potential to find and create personal connections as part of one’s PLN. I wrote a post recently about how to develop a personal learning environment [PLE], the need and benefits of doing so, for educators in particular. What is a PLN? Twitter 6×6 (Photo credit: Steve Woolf) PLN versus PLE The personal learning network can be a rich source of learning that fosters connections that become part of our professional development as the quotation at the beginning of the post from Metcalfe describes.
Content curation and the power of collective intelligence | I have been exploring this topic as part of the subject INF506 Social Networking for Information Professionals that I am teaching this summer (it’s an elective in our MEdTL amd MIS courses at CSU). A lot is being written about content creation within and beyond the information professions. Here are a few gems that I recommend TLs and librarians check out: Beth Kanter’s blog post Content Curation Primer is a good starting point for information professionals. Weisgerber clearly presents the difference between aggregation and curation, highlighting the importance of the ‘human touch’ in curation by contextualising the ‘found information’. I think her 8 steps in successful curation provide an excellent guide for information professionals who wish to become proactive curators of digital content, adding value to the content they curate. Sophia B. Her presentation is a fabulous educational resource about curation with detailed speaker notes included for many of her slides. Like this:
Your Most Powerful Search Engine is Your Personal Learning Network (PLN) The use of search engines like Google, Yahoo, or Bing for research is commonplace in today’s online world. In fact, many of us go to these sites instantly when the need to find something first arises, be it something as trivial as finding out when a movie is playing, or as part of a multi-million dollar workplace project. These search engines have redefined how we find information, and quickly become the primary way in which many people perform research. But not for me. I still use these search engines for low-impact searches. In a world of ever-increasing search engine optimization, my personal learning network still delivers in ways that Google, Yahoo, Bing, or any other search engine never can. Google and search engines like it are very powerful. My Personal Learning Network enables me to get to information that is more tailored to my preferences, because they have a better understanding of the lens through which I am viewing the world.
Blogue vous dites ? [sommaire]Le texte ci-dessous est une version en évolution de cette page wiki qui présente les blogues en apprentissages. Introduction Le présent document a pour but principal de présenter les blogues en tant qu'outil pédagogique. Nous survolerons également des sujets comme comment on se crée un blogue ou encore quels sont les précautions à prendre pour que l'aventure bloguale soit la plus positive possible. Des exemples de billets et de blogues pédagogiques vous seront également présentés. Ce qu'est un blogue Définition de Wikipedia: S'appellent blogue sur Internet à la fois des journaux intimes anonymes, des œuvres de dessinateurs, le carnet de bord de photographes, des carnets de voyage, des satires, des romans en construction ou encore des sites relatant quotidiennement des anecdotes. Définition Pointblog.com: Un blogue désignait à l'origine un genre de journal de bord personnel sur le web (web + log, qui signifie journal). Le blogue reflète les opinions de son auteur. Pourquoi bloguer?
Using Twitter as a Professional Development Tool Last week during a discussion about design, Jeanette Campos asked me a fairly is simple question: What are the three artifacts that have shaped you most as a designer of creative learning solutions to complex problems? Immediately one word came to mind: Twitter. It isn't the tool itself that has been so impact full for me; it's the world to which Twitter opened up to me. I started my career as a learning and performance professional much the same way many in our field do: without any training or education on what it means to work in this field. It's a challenge for individuals and for the industry as a whole. I recall those early years well. Then I discovered Twitter. To be fair, it was social media in general that enabled me to extend beyond the walls of my organization and connect with others externally in the field. I connected with a few individuals at first. Wikipedia defines Personal Learning Networks as: Every learning and performance professional should have a PLN.
Une définition des médias sociaux Voilà plus d’un an que ce blog est ouvert et je viens de me rendre compte que je n’ai jamais réellement pris le temps de fournir une définition des médias sociaux (contrairement à Cédric). Il existe déjà de nombreuses définitions mais je ne m’y retrouve pas tout à fait. Commençons par les définitions en anglais : Wikipedia – « Social media is online content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies. Ces définitions sont intéressantes mais soit trop longues et déstructurées, soit trop courtes et vagues. Intéressons nous maintenant aux définitions en français : Wikipédia – « L’expression « médias sociaux » recouvre les différentes activités qui intègrent la technologie, l’interaction sociale, et la création de contenu. Idem pour ces définitions, je n’y trouve pas l’essentiel en un minimum de mots. C’est donc à mon tour de me lancer avec cette définition graphique : Plusieurs points à retenir dans cette définition : Voilà c’est fait, je me suis jeté à l’eau.
Personal Learning Networks (PLN) = An Attitude of Gratitude | Learning in the White Space Anyone who believes they got where they are by her- or himself is pretty much lying. We all have someone who helped us get here. In my case, I have a whole host of “someones”. And I would be remiss if I didn’t say so. I hope you know who you are, as they are too numerous to mention here. (note to self: send out many, many written thank you’s!) To begin, I don’t think Betty G had any idea of the gift she gave me so many years ago. As I built my career in training, learning, facilitation, design and development, I made connections. Fast forward to early 2010 when this little thing called Twitter came into my world. Friendships have formed with people in the learning field, whether we’ve ever met in person or not. As someone who works from my home, having connections is important, especially with my fellow “training managers”. PLN: THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart!! Like this: Like Loading... Author: dawnjmahoney What do you want to know?
Social Networking Networks get things done. Whether it's sending a letter or lighting your home. Networks make it happen. To get from Chicago to Santa Fe, we need to see the network of roads that will get us there. Of course, people networks can help us with finding jobs, meeting new friends, and finding partners. The problem with social networks in the real world is that most of the connections between people are hidden. This problem is being solved by a type of web site called a social networking site. Here's how it works. When you find someone, you click a button that says, "Add as Friend". What's really cool, is that you can see who your friends know, and who your friends' friends know. This solves a real world problem because your network has hidden opportunities. Like a map for a highway, they can show you the people network that can help you get to your next destination, whether it's a job, a new partner, or a great place to live.
What is a PLE and a PLN? | Gertrude Cotter In our Digital Humanities course we were asked to talk about our experience of Personal Learning Environments and Personal Learning Networks. Talk about being new to a field of study! I had never come across either a PLE or a PLN. I had to explore a little and here are some of the sites that have begun to throw light on this for me. I was looking for sites that could Explain in simple language what PLEs and PLNs are.Are they the same or different? I’m generally a fairly practical person and I wouldn’t see the point in looking for sites unless they showed me how to do “this”. Site 1: I liked this site because it explained simply what a PLN is and what a PLE is. How to Create a Robust and Meaningful Personal Learning Network [PLN] We find definitions…and ones that are not too long or complicated and they show how PLEs and PLNs are different yet linked.
How to Navigate Social Media (and Avoid Information Overload) There’s a lot of conversation about social media. And for good reason. The tools let you connect with peers who share common interests. It’s also a great way to build a personal learning network. For example, if you build rapid elearning courses with Articulate products there are all sorts of resources available to you: Articulate’s Facebook page keeps you up-to-date on news and information. As you can see from the example above, if you use Articulate products there’s an entire network of people and an active community for you to be part of. Not only is social media good for you, it’s good for your learners. The challenge with these tools is that it can be hard for people to manage all of the information. The Value of Community When I was younger, I took great pride in not listening to mainstream music. I discovered the bands through a magazine that had a reader section titled, Desert Island Discs. And that’s the value of community. Click here to watch Social Networking in Plain English.
What is a PLN? (and why would I want to know?) | Digital Learning Team If you’ve never heard of a PLN, the funny thing is that you probably have one, and are part of one, already. PLN stands for Personal Learning Network. Originally this may have consisted of a few friends you met at teaching college with whom you shared ideas and resources, then you added in a few members of staff in the schools where you taught, teachers you met at courses, and so it grew. The internet and online collaborative tools have allowed us to broaden these networks so that we can find and interact with people who share the same interests and questions, no matter where in the world they are. As you’ve made it to our blog, then we’re probably part of your PLN! 35 Ways To build Your Personal Learning Network Online This blog post by Katie Lepi at Edudemic is brilliant. Click here to see some PLN social media tools collated using Pinterest Like this: Like Loading...
curation definition edtech VISION - edtech VISION Martha Thornburgh and I are presenting “What is a PLN and why do I need one” at the upcoming NCCE 2010 conference in Seattle. We are fleshing out some of our ideas for our session so I thought I would blog some of our ideas. A PLN is a Personal Learning Network. A PLN is a reciprocal network that you create to learn from, connect with, gather information or resources, create with and finally share what you have learned. A PLN can occur in your school, face-to-face, online, at conferences or through reading, reflecting and sharing. The benefits of having a PLN? Teaching can be a very isolating profession. It can take time to build up an active PLN – so don’t get discouraged. Our session plan is explain how to develop a PLN and then share various tools that can make that happen. “Twitter is the water cooler of the Internet” ~Neil Chambers