personal learning network for faculty
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The presentation at the Enhancing Teaching & Learning Conference, Kansas City MOTRANSCRIPT
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
Social Learning Center
Phinished
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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
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
Put
PLN
Your
Here
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.