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Learning with e's
AUGUST 17, 2012
Specifically, I made the point that Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) are enabled and strengthened when we make connections through social media tools. One of the key reasons educators need a PLN is to keep in touch, to maintain dialogue with their community of practice. Clay Shirky had it right when he wrote: '.the
Learning with e's
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
But it is about making connections for learning through the ''free'' tools we have at our disposal - social media. In the context of this post, PLN stands for Personal Learning Network , and CoP stands for Communities of Practice. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. Unported License.
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Learning with e's
DECEMBER 21, 2014
Now it depends on how you define CPD, but for me it is the personal learning you require to sustain, enhance and extend your own capabilities within your professional practice. This learning can come in many forms. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. Unported License.
Learning with e's
APRIL 16, 2014
Our ideas, when shared, modified, repurposed and amplified , have a value that pertains to entire communities of interest. Extensive conversations with others within one''s community of practice are now easier than ever, thanks to social media such as social networks, wikis and blogs. Unported License.
Learning with e's
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
Connected educators know that in doing this they become global educators, with their content being amplified across a worldwide community of practice. Connected educators are transparent in their thinking and tend to reflect more deeply on what they learn, simply because they have had to make the effort to connect with new knowledge.
Learning with e's
MARCH 5, 2012
David Jonassen talked about using computers and the internet as 'mind tools' - extensions of our cognitive ability and mental space which have the potential to advance personal learning beyond the constraints of normal boundaries and spaces. Yet connecting into a community of practice can work as a double edged sword.
Learning with e's
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
It was a wide ranging interview in which we explored the use Twitter as a rich communication backchannel and networking media, discussed personal learning networks and communities of practice, and talked at length about the idea of classrooms without walls, BYOD and open educational resources.
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