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Personal Learning Networks: For Ongoing Learning in a Connected World

ID Reflections

This is the first week and I am absolutely looking forward to exploring the topics, learning from the other participants and participating in exciting conversations. The four topics we are planning to deep dive into in the first two weeks are: a) Networked learning, b) Personal Learning Networks, c) MOOCs, and d) Communities of Inquiry.

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PLN or CoP?

Learning with e's

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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Re-imagining Work & Learning in a Networked World

ID Reflections

IMHO, the shifts and their impact delineated above will enforce and require collaboration -- between individuals, among organizations, between individuals and organizations, among project teams and communities of practices, and such. We know that training is not enough and employees cannot be trained for skills that are still emergent.

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Seriously.

Learning with e's

, the rewards are that your ideas are quickly ''out there'' in public, and can be discussed, built upon, challenged and otherwise explored by your professional peers, your community of practice. It gives others in your wider community of practice a clearer view of who you are, what you do, and most importantly, what you think.

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Is all learning social?

Learning with e's

This does not preclude good learning in isolated settings, but ZPD does hold that learning is strengthened and extended through the presence of others. Tools also play a part in what we learn. Anyone who maintains a personal learning network will clearly recognise this phenomenon.

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Disruptive Educational Research Conference in India

Jay Cross

I’ll be taking part in EdgeX , an event that covers two important themes for education – Learning X.O (the the emergence of network based, collaborative, social, informal and community-led approaches to learning) and Simulations & Serious Games (being able to seriously use these advanced learning tools at strategic scale).

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Learning Tools: Change Is Coming

CLO Magazine

This is the basis of personalizing learning, pulling content out by description instead of handcrafted learning sequences. This facilitates adaptations and helps learning leaders pull together content on the fly. Another direction that’s emerging is the successor to SCORM.

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