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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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8 Types of Online Communities: Examples & Tips on How to Build Yours

learnWorlds

Online communities have become pivotal in fostering social interaction , offering support, facilitating professional networking, and enhancing learning opportunities. For example, Reddit subreddits are dedicated to specific hobbies or Facebook groups centered around particular interests, such as music, gardening or photography.

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My History of Live Blogged Notes

Experiencing eLearning

Social Networking, the “Third Place,” and the Evolution of Communication. Podcasting with Section 508. Wikis and Blogs and Tags: Oh Why? Social Bookmarking to Support Professional Practice. Evaluating Social Networking Tools for Distance Learning. Reinventing Organizational Learning. Other Topics.

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How the Fastest Growing Companies are Using Social Media

Upside Learning

Questions probed the familiarity of respondents with six prominent social media (blogging, podcasting, online video, social networking, message boards and wikis). Soon, there will be very few companies NOT using any of the social media. Three things that stand out for us: 1.

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Some Tools for Social Learning and How they Help Learning

Kapp Notes

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. What makes it social is that, with the right permissions, individuals on the network can view all of the tagged articles and blog entries and see which were tagged the most.

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Social Networking, Informal Learning, Twitter, & Gaming

Big Dog, Little Dog

We are all very familiar with social networking platforms such as MySpace, Flikr, YouTube, Twitter, Bebo and Facebook. KM Asia: keynote on social computing - Dave Snowden of Cognitive Edge. Includes podcast and slides (pdf). tags: devlearn elearning ). They are almost household names.