Building your own personal learning network
NGL14, 20th March 2014,
Falun, Dalarna University
Ebba.Ossiannilsson@ced.lu.se Lunds universitet
Alastair.Creelman@lnu.se Linnéuniversitetet
Lars.Uhlin@ki.se Karolinska institutet
Inspiration and thanks to
Karen Benson
dos.english@StrathfieldCollege.edu.au
@eslkazzyb
Sophia Khan
sophiakhan.eajournal@yahoo.com
@sophiakhan4
What is a PLN?
“A personal learning network is an informal
learning network that consists of the people a
learner interacts with and derives knowledge from
in a personal learning environment. In a PLN, a
person makes a connection with another person
with the specific intent that some type of learning
will occur because of that connection.”
A community learning from each other and with
each other: creating knowledge through
collaboration
A typical teacher’s PLN
A Typical Teacher PLN
“Typical Teacher Network”
© Alec Couros
Talk
1. Describe/draw
your current Personal
Learning Network.
2. How do you want
to expand your PLN?
Why?
The Networked Teacher – my PLN
Social
media
Wikis
Twitter
chats
Blogs
Twitter
(# and
people)
Conferences/
PD meetings
Websites
& media
Work
me
Friends
Why network?
Personal
• Find materials/ideas/strategies
• Find support
• Find inspiration
You are not alone
Why network?
Learning
• learning is more critical than knowing
• “the network is the learning”
• know-how supplemented by
“know-where” (& know-who)
George Siemens
“connectivism”
© Stephen Downes
Why network?
• world
• community
• industry
• institution
• colleagues/departmen
• classroom
t
Personal Learning Environment (PLE)
and Communities of Practice (COP)
Filter; Netvibes, Freedly
Curate; ScoopIT, Pinterest,
Educlipper
Collaborate; Padlet,
Conceptboard
Free cloud tools:
Google drive, FB, Twitter, Blog
(Wordpress, Blogger) etc
”Networking and Prosumers”
Ossiannilsson_FSA2014
Explore
A BLOG
https://openeducationalresources.pbworks.com/w/page/40988
414/OER%20blog%20posts B
B FACEBOOK
What kind of info is on the site?
What could be useful to you/your partner?
‘Blue puzzle Piece’
Microsoft Images
Follow for example
Disruptive Education on Facebook
Short messages
(tweets)
Real time
Search (#) or follow
(@)to read tweets
Ex #FDOL141
Start small
Find a connected
friend for support
Background image by shopseal
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shopseal/4355757753/
‘Emoticon making decision’ from from Microsft Images
FIND WHAT WORKS FOR YOU
What do YOU want from your network?
I want to learn more about…
I want to talk to people who…
I want feedback/advice on…
I want to be able to…
Complete 1 (or more)
Compare w/person next to you – can you help?
Or do you know where to look?
So what now?
In the coming week or month, could you try one
of the below?
Follow at one useful blog
Join a Facebook group
Join Twitter and follow some people or hashtags
Lurk at some #– if you like it, join in this time or
next time . . .
Questions?
Stay connected!
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Ebba.Ossiannilsson@ced.lu.se Lund University
@EbbaOssian
Alastair.Creelman@lnu.se Linneaus University
@alacre
Lars.Uhlin@ki.se The Karolinska Institutet