Slides used for LearnIT session on 2-22-2012 and 3-1-2012. See http://sites.udel.edu/open/pln/ for more details.

1. Building your personal learning network:
DIY professional development
LearnIT@UD session –2-22-2012
Mathieu Plourde, Educational Technologist, LMS Project Leader
IT-Client Support & Services

2. Disclaimer
• This presentation is not a recipe for
success using web 2.0 technologies and
social media.
• Your mileage may vary.
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3. Objective
By the end of this session,
you’ll be more deliberate
in using social media for
professional development.
Session materials: http://sites.udel.edu/open/pln/
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4. MAPPING YOUR CURRENT
PRACTICES
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5. How do you learn?
• List your sources of professional information and
development.
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6. How do you store and retrieve information?
• List processes you use to be able to remember or
reuse information.
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7. How do you share information?
• List the people you share information with and
the type of information you share.
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8. Map it up!
• Create a diagram expressing the input and
output of your learning and sharing process.
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9. INPUT OUTPUT
(Inbound) (Outbound)
ME
MY STORAGE

10. SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEB 2.0
PRACTICES
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11. Social media presence
Do you have a _______ account?
• Yes.
• No.
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12. Social media usage
Your purpose for using social media is
mostly…
• Personal.
• Professional.
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13. Mobile devices
Do you own a smartphone, tablet, or another
web-enabled handheld device?
• Yes.
• No.
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14. PERSONAL LEARNING
NETWORKS
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15. “Unlike traditional learning
environments, each of our
networks is unique, created
and developed to our
personalized learning goals
that evolve and grow
throughout our lives.”
Richardson & Mancabelli (2011)
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16. Finding your tribe
http://youtu.be/TrO222AFqKw
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17. Your PLN to the rescue
http://youtu.be/IZ83x2hUCP4
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18. Personal learning networks
Attribution: Alec Couros (courosa) on Flickr.com
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19. MANAGING INCOMING
INFORMATION
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20. How big is the problem?
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21. “It's not information
overload - it's filter failure”
– Clay Shirky
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22. Don’t be a slave to email!
• Apply the Getting Things Done process to your
inbox.
• Use filters, tags, and folders.
• Unsubscribe.
• Move message you’re not
required to take action
upon to another space.
• Separate email account
• RSS reader
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23. Finding relevant conversations
• Gurus in your discipline and their entourage
• Books
• Blogs
• Professional associations
• Conference backchannels
• #Hashtags and keywords
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24. Remember the day
the Internet almost died?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/26/michael.jackson.internet/index.html
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25. Roles in communities
Leaders/
Gurus
Active
Members
Lurkers
Outsiders
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26. Google Alerts
http://www.google.com/alerts
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27. Google Reader and
Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
• Almost every web site generates a
RSS feed nowadays…
• You get a notification when there is
something new.
• http://www.google.com/reader
Attribution: jrhode on Flickr.com
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28. Open educational resources
• Openly available learning
materials and activities.
• Free to access.
• List of repositories to explore:
• http://sites.udel.edu/open/oer-textbook/
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29. STORING AND RETRIEVING
INFORMATION
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30. Storing and retrieving
I can retrieve relevant information I was
exposed to in the last month.
• Yes.
• No.
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31. Social bookmarking: Diigo
http://www.diigo.com
Browser Add-
Can you imagine having 5,000 bookmarks
On
in your browser?
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32. Evernote
• Personal note-taking application.
• Syncs on multiple devices.
• http://www.evernote.com/
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33. SHARING INFORMATION
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34. Sharing
Are you afraid of sharing your ideas online?
• Yes.
• No.
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35. Personal landing page
Do you have a personal landing page, a URL
you share to others so they can find out
about you and contact you?
• Yes.
• No.
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36. Draft it up!
• List what you want people to know about your
professional self.
• Who’s your audience?
• Where should such a page be hosted?
• What do you expect from connections?
• What should they expect from you?
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37. Your profile
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38. Less Intrusive Than a Phone Call…
Share your
identity in
the physical
world!
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39. If Information Was Made of Light…
EXTERNAL
INFORMATION
RECEIVED SOURCE
INFORMATION
FORWARDED
INFORMATION
STORED
INFORMATION SHARED
INFORMATION
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40. If Information Was Made of Light…
EXTERNAL
INFORMATION
RECEIVED SOURCE
INFORMATION
CURATION FORWARDED
INFORMATION
STORED
INFORMATION SHARED
INFORMATION
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41. Conversational Spaces
PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL
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42. Social Media Spaces
PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL
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43. CHOOSING THE RIGHT
CHANNELS
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44. The network effect
Population or Sign-ups (M)
1500
1000
500
0
China India
Facebook USA
Twitter
LinkedIn
Google+
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45. The role of reciprocity
Reciprocal Non-reciprocal
• Requires permission • You can follow someone
from both participants. without them following
you back.
Top dog
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46. The role of reciprocity
Reciprocal Non-reciprocal
• Requires permission • You can follow someone
from both participants. without them following
you back.
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47. My spaces
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48. My sharing loop
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49. CONCLUSION
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50. http://twitter.com/opencontent/statuses/1289142795
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51. DIY education
http://youtu.be/thbDZBQk3Ng
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52. INPUT OUTPUT
(Inbound) (Outbound)
Add something you learned
about to your diagram!
ME
MY STORAGE

53. Thank You!
• Questions, comments, follow-up?
• Mathieu Plourde
Educational Technologist, LMS Project Leader
IT Client Support & Services
mathieu@udel.edu
302-831-4060
• http://mathplourde.wordpress.com/about/
• Session materials: http://sites.udel.edu/open/pln/
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