Using a

Personal Learning Network

for Professional Development

Definition

“a group of people who can guide your learning, point you to learning opportunities, answer your questions, and give you the benefit of their own knowledge and experience.”

Definitions, cont’d.

“involves an individual’s topic oriented goal, a set of practices or techniques aimed at attracting or organizing a variety of relevant content sources, selected for their value, to help the owner accomplish a professional goal or personal interest.”

-- David Warlick, 2007

“Our profession is constantly changing. We facenew challenges in technology, new systems and new approaches all the time. To stay current and maintain our professional standing in the community, we need to take responsibility for our training and development.”

-- ALIA

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Ongoing learning

• Personal• Informal• Self-paced• Own focus• Contribution• Cultivation

“Our ability to learn what we need for tomorrow is more important than what we know today.”

-- George Siemens