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I Develop as my

Network Develops37th International MEXTESOL Convention & 10th Central American and

Caribbean Basin ConventionCancn, Mexico

November 6, 2010

Benjamin StewartUniversidad Autnoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico

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Research questions

How does an EFL educator's own perception of English language

proficiency, pedagogical skill set/orientation, and knowledge of

applied linguistics impact one's contribution to a personal learning

network (PLN)?

How does pursuing a PLN influence change in an EFL educator's

teaching practice?

Teaching begins with learning. Diane Larsen/Freeman (Nov. 6, 2010)

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Six degrees of Kevin Bacon

What is a network?

Gary Busey Danny Glover Kevin Kline

Kevin Dunn Kevin Bacon

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How do we learn through anetwork?

Essential question

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Groups versus Networks

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_downes/252157734/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Unity

Coordination

Closed

Distributive

Diversity

Autonomy

Openness

Connective

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Networks, CoP, and SCT

A network is not integrated, it is made ofsmall pieces and is loosely joined.

Downes, 2008http://www.slideshare.net/Downes/connectivism-a-theory-of-personal-learning

Communities ofpractice

Socioculturaltheory

Put another way, nodes are softly assembled . Diane Larsen/Freeman

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When building a professionaldevelopment network, whatcomes first?

Essential question

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Learning to share

To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give-Taisen Deshimaru

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We share, we learn.

Emergent(learning to play the guitar)

Constructed(learning to make a guitar)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/HSBC_Building.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Sommerblumen01.JPG

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What is a personal

learning network?

Essential Question

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The Typical Teacher

Alec Couros (http://twitter.com/courosa/) of Open Thinking blogcreated this graphic (http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/)

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Professional Learning Community

Alec Couros (http://twitter.com/courosa/) of Open Thinking blogcreated this graphic (http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/)

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The Networked Teacher (Leader)

Alec Couros (http://twitter.com/courosa/) of Open Thinking blogcreated this graphic (http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/)

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Learning Network Community

Alec Couros (http://twitter.com/courosa/) of Open Thinking blogcreated this graphic (http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/)

http://educationinnovation.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83533a43669e201156fdea24e970c-pi

...considers the attributes of the

nodes

and

the type of interactions thatlink the nodes

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How can you contribute toa personal learning

network?

Essential Question

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Web 2.0

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Participatory tools give learnerspower and control.

Making a Contribution, Wiki Style!

(Bonk, 2009, p. 235)

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PFLE: http://wikieducator.org/PFLE

Publishing an Open Educational Resource (OER)

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The emergence of alternative licenses

Copyright

Publicdomain

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This work is licensed under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Reuse

R

evise

Remix

Redistribute

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Final essential question

http://www.ubuntu.com/ http://www.openoffice.org/

http://www.google.com/chrome

What I used to prepare for this presentation.

Where will open, transparent learning that results from an ongoing pursuitof a personal learning network take you?

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Final essential question

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References & Attribution

Bonk, C. (2009). The world is open. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Patricia Schlicht, Wikieducatorhttp://www.wikieducator.org/User:Pschlichtpatricia@oerfoundation.org

Michael Paskevicius, Michelle Willmers &Cheryl Hodgkinson-WilliamsTeaching with Technology Mini Conference18 November 2009University of Cape Town

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Thank you for your attention!

Benjamin StewartUniversidad Autnoma de Aguascalientesblstewart@correo.uaa.mx

Wikieducator

http://www.wikieducator.org/User:BnleezCollaborative Understandings Blog: http://bnleez.wordpress.com/

*Wikieducator: http://wikieducator.org/Main_Page* Foreign Language Program: http://wikieducator.org/PFLE* Connective English language learning (CELL):http://wikieducator.org/User:Bnleez/cell* Distance English Language Learning (DELL):* http://wikieducator.org/Distancelanguagelearning