personal learning networks
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This is a session delivered at the NCETC conference in North Carolina about Personal (professional) Learning Networks.TRANSCRIPT
The Art of Cultivating a Personal Learning
Network
David WarlickThe Landmark Project
[email protected]://handouts.davidwarlick.com
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A Working Definition
A personal or professional learning network
(PLN) involves an individual’s topic-oriented
goal, a set of practices & techniques aimed at
attracting and organizing a variety of relevant
content sources, selected for their value, to
help the owner accomplish a professional goal
or personal interest.
Example
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Started the wiki
Announced it in the blogosphere and twitterverse
A growing and improving collaborative document (wiki)
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Components of a PLN
Professional goal or Personal Interest
Techniques & Practices (networking habits)
Basis for Selection
Infrastructure for attracting & organizing content from network nodes
Tools of the Art RSS Aggregator
Blogs
Blog Searches
News Sources & News Searches
Twitterverse
Social Content
Social Networks
Community Wikis
M.U.V.E.s*
RSS Aggregator
Blogs Blog Searches
News Twitter
Social Content
Social Networks
Community Wikis
A Sample Personal Learning Network