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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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The 10 basic online tools every trainer and online facilitator should know

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

I have good news: I can recommend a group of 10 tools that are so useful that each facilitator needs to know them and should be able to use them. The bad news is that for every tool also is another alternative. The bad news is that for every tool also is another alternative. An alternative to this bookmark tool is delicious.

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Social Media and Social Learning – Where R We now?

eLearning 24-7

And, let us clear up another point: social learning is not just social networking. For fun, they toss in YouTube and say – look we know what social learning is for the masses. Here is the latest data on social media (as of Oct. Over 2,400 social media sites. Del.icio.us Real social bookmarking.

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Connectivism and the modern learner

E-Learning Provocateur

Siemens describes connectivism as “the integration of principles explored by chaos, network, and complexity and self-organisation theories&#. If we view chaos through the lens of Network Theory , we see the universe as a massive, complex network. This is the new process of “learning&#.

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Social Media Offerings which can b used in Social Learning

eLearning 24-7

Social Bookmarking – Delicious - spelled often as del.icio.us Wists - social shopping with image bookmarking and creation of lists – ditch the shopping part, keep the image bookmarking and creating of lists, Yoono. Social Network Aggregator - Netvibes. Events – Meetup.

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Saffron launches new social learning platform

Saffron Interactive

At next week’s Learning Technologies Exhibition Saffron Interactive (Stand 33) will be demonstrating Saffron Share, a corporate social network, personal portfolio and community knowledge base for collaboration and ‘just-in-time’ learning. The product is based on the open source Elgg social networking engine.