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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

Her topic– personal learning networks, also known as PLNs. Here is a way for people to turn their interest in lifelong, independent learning AND social connections into a way of life. Educators today are pursuing professional development by building their very own Professional (or Personal) Learning Networks (PLNs).

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

Her topic– personal learning networks, also known as PLNs. Here is a way for people to turn their interest in lifelong, independent learning AND social connections into a way of life. Educators today are pursuing professional development by building their very own Professional (or Personal) Learning Networks (PLNs).

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My History of Live Blogged Notes

Experiencing eLearning

Digital Storytelling in a Web 2.0 Social Networking, the “Third Place,” and the Evolution of Communication. Digital Learning Environments: Context Sensitive and Imaginative Classes in Second Life. Social Bookmarking to Support Professional Practice. Evaluating Social Networking Tools for Distance Learning.

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Some Tools for Social Learning and How they Help Learning

Kapp Notes

Social Bookmarking. The ability of someone within an Intranet or Internet to mark or tag a blog entry, a link or an article within the network as important or interesting to them. Social Network. Online mentoring. Broadcasting thoughts. Sharing slides created for one class with other instructors. SlideShare.

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Connectivism and the modern learner

E-Learning Provocateur

So after several hours of unenlightened googling, I decided to bite the bullet, go back to first principles and read George Siemens’ seminal paper, Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age. If we view chaos through the lens of Network Theory , we see the universe as a massive, complex network.

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Instructivism, constructivism or connectivism?

E-Learning Provocateur

In this digital era, we recognise that there’s simply too much knowledge to take in – and it changes too quickly anyway. So forget about trying to “know&# everything; instead, build your network of knowledge sources , and access them whenever you need them. Social and professional networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

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Top 100 eLearning Items

Tony Karrer

Introducing The Conversation Prism eLearning Trends 2007 and 2008 TechCrunch White Label Social Networking Platforms Chart How to Insert YouTube Videos in PowerPoint Presentations LinkedIn Tips and Tweaks: Do More with your LinkedIn Account Introduction to Wikis, Blogs, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking and RSS Corporate Policies on Web 2.0