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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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Top 100 Tools For Learning 2010 – C4LPT Survey

Upside Learning

I understand this list is more inclined towards tools that learning professionals use for their own learning as opposed to those used for creating learning programs or training sessions. Delicious – social bookmarking tool. Facebook – social networking site. YouTube – video hosting and sharing tool.

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Social Learning Has Its Place…And Informal Learning Does Too.

Dashe & Thomson

Social learning refers to a class of learning, which includes wikis, blogs, screen sharing, podcasting, photo sharing, social bookmarking, collaborative working, social networking, etc. Social learning (small S, small L) does not refer to the use of social media in top-down, formal learning.

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Web 2.0 Learning

Tony Karrer

Jet Blue University (their internal corporate university that I recently heard being discussed on Knowledge @ Wharton) is using Awareness Networks ' platform to work collaboratively on projects between employees in disparate locations and programs and to share best practices on how to train JetBlue crew members.

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Instructivism, constructivism or connectivism?

E-Learning Provocateur

So forget about trying to “know&# everything; instead, build your network of knowledge sources , and access them whenever you need them. In a previous article , I provided the following examples of potential information sources that the learner could incorporate into their personal learning network: Social bookmarks.

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Learning Management Systems: The wrong place to start learning

Coursy

By George Siemens Introduction Learning Management Systems (LMS) are often viewed as being the starting point (or critical component) of any elearning or blended learning program. Networks do work: learning communities/networks/ecologies. Tools like Furl , del.icio.us What types of tools allow for this?

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