Personal Learning Network

Learning

Networking

Research

Collaboration

Olga Koz@olgakoz1

www.linkedin.com/in/olgakoz/

Overview

Social or Informal Learning

Social Media use by faculty

Social Media for faculty development

MY PLN

It is clearly difficult for some, who see themselves as the gatekeepers of learning, to understand that they can no

longer control everything that people learn (J. Hart)

Theories and approaches• Social Learning (Bandura & Vygotsky)• Situated learning (J. Lave and E. Wenger)• Networked learning• Connected LearningManifestations• Personal Learning Environments

http://www.colloquia.net/• Personal Learning Networks http://edupln.ning.com/

2008 - The average American consumes 33 gigabytes of content and 100,000 words of information in a single day (Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” is only 460,000 words long)2012 - 63 gigabytes per person per day

HMI Report/UC San Diego; USC Marshall School of Business

• Only 1/3 of consumption, but grows quickly

• interactive, time-delayed, multi-tasking and interrupted viewership

http://www.marshall.usc.edu/faculty/centers/ctm/research/how-much-media

New media consumption

Obstacle 1: Information overload

HELP

Pearson study Social Media for Teaching and Learning 2013

http://alturl.com/oespe

Obstacle 2: Faculty perception, attitudes about

social media

Personal use

Professional use

SNS use by faculty

Content curation skills and tools

Scoop.It

Advantages for online and

adjunct faculty

Scholastica

My PLN

Academia.edu

Ning

Facebook Google +

ResearchGateMendeley

Twitter

Social Learning Center

Phinished

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Linkedin

My online communities of practice

Scott Leslie, PLE DiagramMap of learning activity patterns, from JISC CETIS PLE Report wiki, - http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/Ple/Report

   Epernicus A place for members of scientific communities to showcase their backgrounds and expertise

Profology A free social network allows HigherEd faculty, staff and administrators to connect and collaborate.

Social networking sites for faculty

Online community builder, bookmarking tool and organizer

Alec Couros @courosa ·

6h A few

resources from Today’s session on

PLNs can be found at

http://couros.ca/x/rftloi

#rftloi

Twitter

LinkedIn

The Educator’s PLN

Faculty Survey

1) 1. Have you seen the benefits of a PLN for your professional growth?

2) 2. What is your favorite social learning tool? 3) 3. What is one resource or tool you've learned

about on social media sites that has been a game changer for you at work?

4) 4. Do you have any concerns about using social media for your learning?

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/88MFK5V

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References

Bandura, A. (1977). Social learning theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.Hart, J. (2013). Throw your padlocks away. E.Learning Age, 20-21.Richardson, W., & Mancabelli, R. (2011). Personal learning networks: Using the power

of connections to transform education. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.

Siemens, G. (2008). Learning and knowing in networks: Changing roles for educators and designers. Retrieved from

www.ipcp.org.br/References/Education/Siemens.pdf on June 23, 2011.