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LearnTrends: Personal Knowledge Management

Experiencing eLearning

These are my live blogged notes from Harold Jarche’s LearnTrends session on Personal Knowledge Management. Personal directed learning as well as accidental, serendipitous learning. Personal KM = ad hoc, DIY, cheap/free. Need to find ways to give people some personal control within any system. Sense-making with PKM.

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Elgg, Ning, and SocialText

eLearning Weekly

I personally haven’t had a ton of experience with these platforms, but I’m anxious to dig in and learn more. Please chime in and comment on your experiences if you’ve used Elgg, Ning, and/or SocialText. "Ning lets you create and join new social networks for your interests and passions." " Pricing.

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

Her topic– personal learning networks, also known as PLNs. Educators today are pursuing professional development by building their very own Professional (or Personal) Learning Networks (PLNs). Edmodo and Ning are gaining popularity with educators. Ning is a fully functional social networking site. What is a PLN?

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

Her topic– personal learning networks, also known as PLNs. Educators today are pursuing professional development by building their very own Professional (or Personal) Learning Networks (PLNs). Edmodo and Ning are gaining popularity with educators. Ning is a fully functional social networking site. What is a PLN?

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TCC09: Evaluating Social Networking Tools for Distance Learning

Experiencing eLearning

An example of using a social networking tool, Ning, in an online class is reported.&#. Personalize pages with widgets etc. Elgg & Ning as two social networking tools. Case study with Ning. Instructor was interested in trying Ning. Decided on Ning partly because she wanted the privacy of a closed environment.

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Online Conferences and In-Person Conferences

Tony Karrer

Lisa Neal asked a great question in a comment on Learn Trends 2008 - Free Online Conference : What do you see as the main differences between in person and online conferences? Now, don't get me wrong, I still very much like to do in-person conferences. Ning really makes it easy to do one of these. Only use half the day.

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Daily Bookmarks 05/14/2008

Experiencing eLearning

Observations from the beginning of a high school project with Ning, Animoto, and Flickr. Most of the insight is around how Ning facilitates conversations between students and lets the teacher join the discussion. Students are engaged with Ning; they are personalizing their spaces and giving each other constructive feedback.

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