These are the resources from my workshop in Berlin – feel free to share them. Below are the slides followed by links to the resources we discussed in the workshop.
Below are two of the most often used PLN diagrams & their source.
Couros, A. (2006). Examining the open movement: Possibilities and implications for education. PhD thesis, University of Regina, Canada. See p.177
Warlick, D. (2009). Grow your personal learning network: New technologies can keep you connected and help you manage information overload. Learning & Leading with Technology, 36(6). See p. 15
Getting started
The process is basically the same for all networks:
- Join & fill out your profile (nobody will connect with a nobody!)
- Lurk for a while
- Follow a few educators & see who they follow
- Share, comment, ask questions
- On-share resources & ideas from others
Tips for Twitter
Peers:
- Find a peer & follow
- Check who they follow & follow some of them
Experts:
- Search for their Twitter handle & follow them
Also:
- Join hashtag discussions eg #edchat
- Keep an eye out for conference hashtags eg #oeb12
- Check hashtags in your field – they’ll share resources eg #elearning
- Check #ff (Friday follows) suggestions from your network
Tips for Google+
- Make circles for various groups or topics and add people to specific groups
- Join some hangouts
LinkedIn groups
A few to get you started – use the search function to find others:
- International Society for Technology in Education
- National Alliance of Distance Education Professionals
- Learning, Education and Training Professionals Group
Facebook groups
A few to get you started – use the search function to find others:
Tools to manage information
Its not what you use – it’s how you use it!
- Don’t just ‘consume’ – contribute
- Do acknowledge others
- Do share freely
- Don’t share links you haven’t checked yourself
- Don’t spam people
For some reason I’ve been getting a lot of spam comments on this post so I’ve turned off comments.
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