Learning Networks and
Professional
Development
02.09.09

Networks are people,
not things.

In a learning network, individuals will:
Work toward
answering
common
questions.
Create content
and share-alike.
Leverage the
best learning and
tools available.

There is no single network.
Trying to make it so will kill
the network.

In a learning network, individuals will:
Create their
own learning.
Make
connections that
are relevant.
Engage in a
community
wherever they
find it.

Learning is always
networked.
Connections are valuable.

In a learning network, individuals will:
Link to voices of
value.
Embed work
that is
important.
Remix learning
objects at will.

The tool is not the
network.

In a learning network, individuals will:
Shift tools if they
no longer suit the
needs of the
network.
Tag their content
to aggregate it.
Make content
come to them
with feeds.

Networks huddle
around learning.

In a learning network, individuals will:
Test ideas and
make sure that
they are viable.
Debate both
process and
products.
Start
conversations,
always.

Networks are open.
Web sites are closed.

In a learning network, individuals will:
Use API’s
Use web
applications
and web mail
as feeds
Use mobile
devices

Wiki and blog are not four
letter words.

In a learning network, individuals will:
Collaborate as
an instinct.
Have
conversations
around every
learning event.
Archive all
learning.

Learning networks are
Professional
Development

Always on.
Always Learning.