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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

The final list of top 100 tools for learning for 2010 is now out on Jane Hart’s website. Delicious – social bookmarking tool. Facebook – social networking site. Some observations: The top 10 is like a who’s who of social and informal learning tools. YouTube – video hosting and sharing tool.

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

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Twitter - microblogging Twitter is good for networking with colleagues, use and follow hashtags like #lrnchat. Diigo - or any other social bookmarker Diigo is very important to keep track off your online sources. An alternative to this bookmark tool is delicious. A short description below.

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Some Tools for Social Learning and How they Help Learning

Kapp Notes

Wiki software is often used to create collaborative websites. 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. A wiki is a self-organizing knowledge web site.

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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. Use Twitter and Facebook to foster social/professional networking.

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In which ways do you use social media for your own learning?

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Question Niel put on Twitter is: in which way do you use social media in your own learning or the learning of others? Answers on twitter: It mostly helps me to link to new, unexpected thoughts, people, websites. I use socialmedia to find relevant info and knowledge on my profession and to brand myself in my network Insure my business.