Personal Learning Networks

The Art of Cultivating a Personal Learning Network David Warlick The Landmark Project [email_address] http://handouts.davidwarlick.com

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A Working Definition A personal or professional learning network (PLN) involves an individual’s topic-oriented goal, a set of practices & techniques aimed at attracting and organizing a variety of relevant content sources, selected for their value, to help the owner accomplish a professional goal or personal interest.

Example + = Started the wiki Announced it in the blogosphere and twitterverse A growing and improving collaborative document (wiki)

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Components of a PLN
Professional goal or Personal Interest
Techniques & Practices (networking habits)
Basis for Selection
Infrastructure for attracting & organizing content from network nodes

Tools of the Art
RSS Aggregator
Blogs
Blog Searches
News Sources & News Searches
Twitterverse
Social Content
Social Networks
Community Wikis
M.U.V.E.s *
RSS Aggregator Blogs Blog Searches News Twitter Social Content Social Networks Community Wikis

A Sample Personal Learning Network

http://davidwarlick.com	860
http://leadinginnovation09.wikispaces.com	30
http://www.slideshare.net	28
http://www.scoop.it	14
http://iteachtechnologynow.edu20.org	7
http://iteachtechnow.edu20.org	7
http://ovrload.blogspot.com	4
http://ovrload.blogspot.com.au	3
https://courses.k12.sd.us	2
http://albertaschoollibraries.pbworks.com	2
https://jujo00obo2o234ungd3t8qjfcjrs3o6k-a-sites-opensocial.googleusercontent.com	1
http://paper.li	1
http://www.icyte.com	1

Personal Learning Networks

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