nurturing lifelong learning with personal learning networks
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Nurturing Lifelong Learning with Personal Learning Networks
Buffy J. Hamilton | Ohio eTech Conference | February 2013
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a personal learning network is an organic collection of resources to go to when you want to learn new ideas, strategies, and information
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personal learning networks help us continually compose and construct our own narratives of learning in a collaborative way
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“It takes time and a level of humility to come to terms with the idea that knowledge is…constructed from knowledge distributed across networks…
the ability to learn---how to participate and share knowledge competently in online spaces---has become a necessity. Alison Seaman Human Resource Development practitioner Hybrid Pedagogy blogger
PLN
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Workshops and conferences (F2F and
virtual)
Professional Organizations
Professional Publications (Print and Digital)
Listservs/Email Groups
Social Networks
Google +
Goodreads/Reading Networks
Virtual Communication
and Online Learning
Skype
Google Hangouts
Webinars
MOOCs
Social Bookmarking/Sharing
and Curation Tools
Diigo, Delicious
Evernote
Storify
Scoop.it
Twitter and Twitter Chats
Google Docs
Blogs
RSS feeds Apps
Video Channels
Photosharing (Flickr, Pinterest)
social media and open networks amplify
possibilities for learning
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Paul Signorelli, “#etmooc as an Example of Connected—Rhizomatic—Learning”
http://bit.ly/14zVMAk
“If you’re discovering that your personal learning network is expanding wonderfully and
unpredictably in an almost viny, plant-like manner, you’re
already engaged in what Dave Cormier calls rhizomatic
learning—a process of learning that mirrors the spreading of
rhizomes so there is no center, just a wonderfully ever-
expanding network of learning connections rooted in creation, collaboration, and the building
of communities of learning.”
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“As a story for learning, it is messy,
unstable and uncertain…In a
sense, participating in the community is
the curriculum.” Dave Cormier, “Trying to Write Rhizomatic Learning
in 300 Words,” http://bit.ly/SeHseB
Who or what is in your personal learning network (PLN)?
https://voicethread.com/share/819352/
anytime, anywhere learning
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build and customize your network and content
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gain multiple perspectives from many diverse voices
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share and discover ideas while networking with others
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collective construction of knowledge
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Source: Jeff Utecht, “Stages of PLN Adoption”
http://www.thethinkingstick.com/stages-of-pln-adoption/
Immersion
Evaluation
“Know It All”
Perspective
Balance
Tips Explore: It’s not just about knowing how to find experts, co-learners, but about exploration as invitation to serendipitous encounter.
Search – Use tools to find pools of expertise in the fields that interest you.
Follow candidates through RSS, Twitter. Ask yourself over days, weeks, whether each candidate merits continued attention.
Tune your network continually, dropping people who don’t gain sufficiently high interest; adding new candidates.
Feed the people you follow if you come across information that you suspect would interest them.
Engage the people you follow. Be polite, mindful of making demands on their attention. Put work into dialogue if they welcome it. Thank them for sharing.
Inquire of the people you follow, of the people who follow you.. Ask engaging questions – answers should be useful to others
Respond to inquiries made to you.
Source: Chuck Frey, “How to Cultivate a Personal Learning Network: Tips from Howard Rheingold”, http://bit.ly/A2lzDp
foundational frameworks: participatory
learning
participation for
engagement and
networked learning
participation for
professional growth
Educators Students
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part 1: foundational frameworks: participatory learning
relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement
Co-teaching, co-learning; fluidity between roles of novices and experts
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strong support for creating and sharing one’s creations with others
members feel some degree of social connection with one another
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members believe that their contributions matter
communities formed around content and information literacy standards
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communities formed around passions, interests, wonderings, needs, and curiosity
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a participatory model of learning is scalable to any subject area or age group
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“there is no one size fits all model of participatory learning”
Source: Dale, Jenny, and Lynda Kellam. "The Incredible Embeddable Librarian."Library Media Connection 30.4 (2012): 30-31. Academic Search Complete.
part 2: participation for engagement and networked learning
http://teachweb2.blogspot.com/2010/01/personal-learning-environments-student.html
Connected Learning Principles
Source: http://connectedlearning.tv/connected-learning-principles
Project New Media Literacies: The 5 Characteristics of Participatory Learning (CPLs)
Source: http://playnml.wikispaces.com/PLAY!+Framework
meaningful
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play
and experimentation
integrated learning space that values connections between home, school, community, and the world
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Source: http://www.slideshare.net/buffyjhamilton/buffy-hamilton-response-to-paulo-freire
teachers and students as co-teachers and co-learners
learning that feels relevant
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create conversations for learning via mobile learning
conversations via networked learning with experts around the world
collaborative learning and knowledge building with cloud computing
network, attention
literacy, and
information dashboards
netvibes
netvibes
symbaloo
curation
curation
inquiry, engagement, and collective intelligence face to face
networked learning communities
networked learning communities
participate through blogging and video
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Online Communities
Libraries
After School Programs
Clubs
Other Learning Spaces with
Adult and Peer Mentors
Interests
Peer Culture
Academic
Source: http://dmlhub.net/sites/default/files/ConnectedLearning_report.pdf
Ito, Mizuko, Kris Gutiérrez, Sonia Livingstone, Bill Penuel, Jean Rhodes, Katie Salen, Juliet Schor, Julian Sefton-Green, S. Craig Watkins. 2013. Connected Learning: An Agenda for
Research and Design. Irvine, CA: Digital Media and Learning Research Hub.
Connected
Learning
part 3: participation for professional growth
energize your mind and spirit by plugging into the wisdom of the crowd and growing your personal learning network
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willingness to
grow and
evolve
curious and
inquisitive
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expand your universe
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a sense of play
baby steps are
OK
social learning
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lifelong learner=synergy
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forge your own path for learning
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Q&A
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contact information
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Works Cited Braum, Heather. "Professional Learning Network Plan." Weblog post. Heather Braum EDTECH Learning Log. N.p., 29 July 2011. Web. 22 Jan. 2013. <http://www.heatherbraum.info/edtechlearning/2011/07/29/professional-learning-network-plan/>. Cormier, Dave. "Trying to Write Rhizomatic Learning in 300 Words." Daves Educational Blog. N.p., 13 Dec. 2012. Web. 04 Feb. 2013. <http://davecormier.com/edblog/2012/12/13/trying-to-write-rhizomatic learning-in-300-words/>. Frey, Chuck. "How to Cultivate a Personal Learning Network." Mind Mapping Software Blog How to Cultivate a Personal Learning Network Tips from Howard Rheingold Comments. N.p., 16 Jan. 2012. Web. 22 Jan. 2013. <http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com/personal-learning-network/>. Jenkins, Henry. Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21 st Century. Chicago: MacArthur Foundation, 2006. Digital Media and Learning: MacArthur Foundation. Web. 14 Oct. 2010. <http://digitallearning.macfound.org/ atf/ cf/ %7B7E45C7E0-A3E0-4B89-AC9C E807E1B0AE4E%7D/ JENKINS_WHITE_PAPER.PDF>. -- -. “Critical Information Studies For a Participatory Culture (Part Two).” Confessions of an Aca Fan. N.p., 10 Apr. 2009. Web. 14 Oct. 2010. -- -. “Learning in a Participatory Culture: A Conversation About New Media and Education (Part Three).” - Confessions of an Aca Fan. N.p., 12 Feb. 2010. Web. 14 Oct. 2010. <http://henryjenkins.org/ 2010/ 02/ learning_in_a_participatory_cu.html>.
Works Cited Seaman, Alison. "Personal Learning Networks: Knowledge Sharing as Democracy." Web log post. Hybrid Pedagogy. N.p., 3 Jan. 2013. Web. 15 Jan. 2013. <http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/Journal/files/Personal_Learning_Networks.html>. Signorelli, Paul. "#etmooc as an Example of Connected—Rhizomatic—Learning." Weblog post. Building Creative Bridges. N.p., 4 Feb. 2013. Web. 04 Feb. 2013. <http://buildingcreativebridges.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/etmooc-as-an-example-of-connected- rhizomatic-learning/>. Utecht, Jeff. "Stages of PLN Adoption | The Thinking Stick." Web log post. Stages of PLN Adoption | The Thinking Stick. N.p., 3 Apr. 2008. Web. 22 Jan. 2013. <http://www.thethinkingstick.com/stages-of-pln-adoption/>.