Start You Up! The Personal Learning Experience for Library Staff and other Busy Professionals

By Marianne Lenox Huntsville Madison County Public Library

Staff Training and Development Coordinator

December, 2007Class blog found at http://mlxperience.blogspot.com

What is a Personal Learning Experience?

An Interactive webpage that uses the principles of the Personal Learning Environment, but it is so uniquely your own that it compels you to return, discover and explore.

Steven Downes’ Three Principles of the Personal Learning Environment

• Interaction– Pull Communication– Motivation from sharing

• Usability– Self-centered ownership– Consistency– Simplicity

• Relevance– Aggregated Topic Searching– Filtering

Why Should I Try Creating a Personal Learning Environment?

• Attitude of lifelong-learning

• Manage your informal learning

• Provide physical evidence of your self-taught skills

How much time do I need for a Personal Learning Environment?

• Set up in as little as a few hours

• Brief, frequent visits– Constantly refining

• Review weekly

What tools do I use to create Personal Learning Environment?

• Ajax Start Page– Research Tools

• Aggregated Search Sites• Social Bookmarking Sites• Social Networking Sites

My Personal Learning Environment Model

My (Evolved) Personal Learning Environment Model

• Sample start pages

• Sample content

Personal Learning Environment Apps

Google.com/ig

iGoogle PLE Starter Page

Protopage.com

Protopage PLE Starter Page

Netvibes.com

Netvibes PLE Starter Page

Pageflakes.com

Pageflakes PLE Starter Page

–Kebberfegg–del.icio.us –CiteULike–Technorati –Google Blog Search–Twitter Tracking

Sample Topic Searches for your PLE

• Networking– Web Junction – Ning: Library 2.0– del.icio.us – CiteULike

Sample Networking Content for your PLE

Sample Multimedia Searchesfor your PLE

– Google Video

– SlideShare – SuTree

Putting it all together: Adding a Del.icio.us Feed to a Pageflakes PLE

web2.0

Putting it all together: Adding a Del.icio.us Feed to a Pageflakes PLE

Putting it all together: Adding a Del.icio.us Feed to a Pageflakes PLE

Putting it all together: Adding a Del.icio.us Feed to a Pageflakes PLE

Putting it all together: Adding a Del.icio.us Feed to a Pageflakes PLE

Putting it all together: Adding a Del.icio.us Feed to a Pageflakes PLE

Putting it all together: Adding a Del.icio.us Feed to a Pageflakes PLE

Putting it all together: Adding a Del.icio.us Feed to a Pageflakes PLE

Thank you!

• Review• Discussion• Evaluation

For links to starter pages, other tools and further discussion please visit http://mlxperience.blogspot.com