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This presentation outlines the process of developing my own personal learning network (PLN). Includes mission statement, goals, scope, objectives, resources, management strategies and successes. This was pulled together as a class project but way overdue for its application to professional development, lifelong learning, and scholastic endeavors. While complex in its current status, though, the PLN is constantly transformative - it will grow, it will change, and it will evolve just as the people, situations, and understandings within my life will also change. That's the beauty of an active personal learning network!
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My Personal Learning Network
By Elaine Hall
A New Culture of Learning A personal learning network (PLN) can be defined as a group of people with whom you connect to interact and exchange information and resource; share knowledge, experience and ideas, collecting and creating an informed guide to professional development opportunities and continual learning”
(Howlett, 2011, p. 2)
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No One Learns Alone
“We define the activity of professional networking as the act of making connections with
other professionals, with or without the intention of making
long–term ties with them” - Rajagopal, 2012
Value of A Personal Learning Network
Enables and provides support for learning
Increases access and effectiveness of learning
Connects with people in spite of geographical distances
Complements face to face communication
Contributes to professional development
Fosters transformative learning
Planning my Personal Learning Network
In a physical world where we aim to separate our professional and personal endeavors in an effort to find balance, my PLN allows the blending of all my interests to come together in one place where exploration, networking, and fun will be unlimited.
Mission Statement
My PLN will… be transparent and open for others to
view, to participate, and to learn from foster lifelong learning for myself and
others permit both creativity and curiosity be used to share ideas, to play, to
have fun, and to continuously explore.
Goal"Establishing a personal learning network is an approach to meet constantly evolving professional goals, learning needs, and objectives" (Howlett, 2011, p. 1)
Commit to lifelong learning Constantly add to my
skillset Develop professional
identity Curate information Find a mentor – be a mentor Foster balance between
professional and personal life
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Scope
Academic Libraries Information Literacy
Information TechnologyResearch Methodology
Reference Services Online Learning
Assessment Learning Environments
Social/Hyperlinked Media
The scope of my PLN is to focus on issues and trends relating to academic librarianship and will include a strong focus on the following areas:
Objectives
Connect Contribute Converse Request
Connect
Meet new people Join communities Find a mentor – be a
mentor Follow leading experts Follow colleagues
Contribute
Join a conversation Start a conversation Ask a question Share experiences Share projects Share knowledge
Converse
Explore and reconcile ideas
Solve problems Learn with others Respond to questions Participate in
conversations Connect by sharing
personal interests
Request
“In circles of educators who connect online, making a request is acceptable and welcome. You’ll find that you’ll receive much higher quality answers and support by asking your network, than you will by simply searching online.”
Wagner, 2012
Learn from leaders and experts
Access wide range of opinions
Prompt Reflection Drive professional growth
Who I’m Following (the short list)
@maureenala@janholmquist @charbooth@pollallda@sabram@rdlankes@mstephens7@sjsuslis@libwardrobe@ARLnews@pewinternet@hacklibschool@marc_crompton@nancy-pear@TheLIB@theviewTV@libraryjournal@zenbrarian@librarianbyday @edudemic Photo Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kelleys/2755588297/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Purpose: To engage To shareTo discover To learn To retweet To comment To contribute To reflect To reflect To inquireTo advise To supportTo collaborate To engage
“I know my work and perception of my role has been transformed since I joined Twitter and other networks, and it has been because I wanted it to.” (David Hopkins, 2013)
@ElaineBurkeHall
Purpose: To exploreTo categorize To focus on key areas
- Literacy
- PLNs - Assessment - Libraries - Learning - Research
Sample of My Boards
I have used Pinterest for personal interests for the
past year, but only recently did I discover the value of academic, library-
related connectedness through this network.
MY Groups: • American Library
Association • Library 2.0 • New Academic
Librarians: Neworking to Success
• Social Media for Libraries • Digital Libraries• INALJ • LIS Career Options
SJSU ALASC • SLISConnect• Washington Library
Association • WebJunction • Internet Librarian
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Purpose: • To develop professional
networks• To merge prior career to
future career• To build upon experience• To explore new
opportunities • For job searching • For connecting and learning • To promote scholastic and
professional achievements • To highlight professional
interests • To engage in community
Google+Purpose:
• To develop professional networks
• To participate in topic-focused communities
• For connecting and learning
• To organize contacts into circles and distribute information accordingly
NetvibesBringing it all together!
Purpose
• Netvibes is a platform that allows you bring it all together!
• Dashboards for curating the latest on areas of interest
• Social dashboard allows you to view all your social feeds in one place
• Quickly link directly to relevant and timely information
My Information Technology Dashboard
My Academic Libraries Dashboard
Netvibes RSS Aggregator Netvibes is a great resource for RSS aggregation. Not
only can you setup a dashboard to view all your rss feeds one place, you can also add specific feeds to
your dedicated dashboards. I found the flexibility of Netvibes as an attractive way
to adjust when, where and how I access my information.
Blogs I Follow Brazen Careerist SJSU SLIS Career BlogHack Library School -Tame the WebLibrarian in BlackMashbable:Pop Goes the LibrarianLibrary History Bluff Blog
The Practical LibrarianThe Ubiquitous LibrarianFree Range Librarian Technology Enhanced Learning BlogDigibook Librarian David Lee King Unshelved LIS News: Adventures in Library Librarian by Day
"Blogs by their very nature are tentative works in progress. They have the character of playfulness, which is core to the new culture of learning. They can be experimental in nature, used to test and refine ideas. But at their base, they serve as a means to kick-start a collective around conversations about ideas that spring from the personal" (ebook loc. 806).
My New Blog
Purpose:
• Share my ideas and understanding
• Reflect on my learning
• Start conversations
• Share LIS News
• Talk about Research
http://inquisitivelearning.wordpress.com/
A Well Developed Network…
Its like having the world in your hands!
Fine Tuning the PLNEssential Tools For Immersion & Success!
Tools for Sharing
Slideshare – for sharing presentations
Flickr – for sharing photos Google Docs –for sharing documents You Tube – for sharing videos and
presentations -
Tools for Searching
Netvibes Scoop It Pinterest King Library Databases LibGuides Google Scholar
Tools for Organizing
Netvibes (dashboards) Mindmeister (mindmaps) Delicious (bookmarking)
Maintaining My Personal Learning Network
“It is well worth the investment to one day have a 24/7 global network to tap into whenever you’re in need – or simply want to learn something new”
(Wagner, 2012).
Maintaining My Network
Contribute at least one blog post per week
Participate in at least 3 discussions per week
Connect/follow those I meet in discussions
Tweet and re-tweet daily
Connect by sharing personal interests as well as professional interests
Maintaining My Network
Re-evaluate dashboards and collections at each life milestone
Review blogs every six months – weed out inactive ones
Network at live events, receptions, conferences
Introduce others within my network and ask to be introduced
Be Patient
Building a PLN doesn’t happen quickly
It takes time to make connections It takes time to build
relationships It takes participation to
determine the value of a community
It takes perseverance when you receive no comments or replies
It requires patience to build your social presence
Be Authentic
“Don’t try to game the system, worry to much about your online “brand,” or in any way cajole people into following you or responding to you The more you reveal your humanity the more people will trust you, identify with you, and respond to your reflections and appeals. More importantly, the more you seek out the humanity in others, the more they will want to connect with you – and share with you.”
Wagner, 2012
Real Results From My PLN:
Inquired about favorite tools and resources from graduate students in a MLIS program via Facebook SLIS Students group
Result: over 13 responses with over 20 suggestions. Not only resulted as a tremendous resource for my project, but also resulted in shared file for future students to access the recommendations.
PLN in Action
Real Results From My PLN:
Used Pinterest to do a search on PLN’s. Received numerous resources, suggestions, presentations, mindmap, etc. to reflect upon for my own PLN development.
PLN in Action
Result:
This led to developing my own Pinterest PLN board which has since been followed by others
Real results from my PLN:
Shared a project idea with a colleague via Twitter who forwarded the idea to a leading professional who is working on a similar project.
Result: Received an invite to connect, shared ideas, and am now following each other and each other’s project.
PLN in Action
Elaine Hall MLIS Graduate StudentSan Jose State University
Blog: http://inquisitivelearning.wordpress.comTwitter: @ElaineBurkeHall LinkedIn: Elaine Hall Google+: [email protected]
