From his posting , Stephen Downes sounds like he didn't really enjoy giving his talk on personal learning environments here in Boston yesterday, what with all that having to connect with "corporate e-learning industry types". Is their primary function really personal learning? I can understand that, but if I were Stephen I wouldn't give up, because his perspectives really are valuable in the context of work-based learning and there's a great deal of good thinking and practice that has arisen from a more educational context but which has real practical application in corporations.

Last week, I asked my readers to share their best advice for using a blog for personal branding and job searching. So below is the Bamboo Project Readers' Guide to Blogging for Personal Branding . Should You Blog? To the question of "Should I Blog?" If you want to read some real-life stories of how blogging has accelerated several careers, definitely check out Heather's paper. Sacha Chua , another poster child for how blogging can support personal Networking 2.0: Blogging Your Way Out of a Job...

Personal Learning and Personal Learning Environments As part of the recent discussion on personal learning and personal learning environments, I went back to find my posts on these topics and on personal knowledge management and related. Personal Learning Environments and personal learning environments The future of learning is personal learning PKM and Personal Learning Personal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 Tools for Personal Learning Improving Personal Learning - A Continuing Challenge

Take what you need, as there are no “best practices” for complex and personal learning processes. Harold and I have discussed this exact issue before and we are both on the same page that Personal is really important word in Personal Knowledge Management. Studies of Personal Information Management say that what works is often highly personal. Great dialog between Harold Jarche and Stephen Downes around Harold's PKM process … Stephen Downes wrote in response: … what does the concept of a ‘method’ here imply? That there is a ‘best’

an effective part of your personal branding campaign. Twitter Avatars as Personal Branding How to Give a Personalized Touch to Your Twitter Page Twitter for Personal Branding: Getting Started 30 Twitter --the 140 character social networking networking site--is becoming increasingly useful for job seekers.

And I also sympathize with the "no its personal" beat down he took. Here are some of the links: Requirements of a PLE Framework Social Network Operating Systems Personal Work and Learning Environments (PWLE) - More Discussion Personal Work and Learning Environments PWLE Not PLE - Knowledge Work Not Separate from Learning Learning and Networking With A Blog (T+D article) Personal Learning Strategies Personal Learning Learning Systems EPSS and ePerformance Personal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0

There's been quite a bit of discussion going on around Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) and personal learning environments. Getting back, I've seen quite a few blog posts on the topic: Stephen Downes - Personal Learning I can talk about webs and networks and personal learnings and PLEs but there's a disconnect unless people see themselves as learners rather than teachers. Stephen seems a bit worried in his post that people in the corporate world don't get the concept. We talked about this briefly during a session with Tony O'Driscoll , Brent Schelenker , and Steven Downes at the eLearningGuild.

I've been reading a lot over the past few months around Personal Learning Environments and a lot of related material. world that included a post by Bill Ives - Managing Personal Knowledge: Setting a Foundation for Transformation? adoption is getting folks to manage their personal knowledge and adopt practices like blogging for personal knowledge management (PKM) and personal learning. What sparks this post is the combination of a recent post by Stephen Downes that includes a brief exchange with Jay Cross in the comments and some interesting discussions in the Enterprise 2.0

Thus, my opinion is: Twitter is not a tool for people who are new to social media and the use of social media for personal learning and work. There is one exception to this. Twitter is Okay, But Not Primary For a person who is already more into social media and what their experience might be take a quick look at Brett Miller's recent post 10 days of Twitter . But it's still down on my list For people new to the concepts of social media and reviewing their tool set, is Twitter a good choice as a tool? Introduction to Twitter for Learning Here are some good initial starting

In my previous post, I examined Personal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 That post focused primarily on how Social Bookmarking tools such as del.icio.us or Yahoo My Web can be used as part of Personal Learning. In this post, I want to focus on a specific scenario that involves Personal and Group Learning and how Web 2.0 Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective. tools apply to this need.