The document discusses using Twitter as a personal learning network (PLN) to connect with others based on shared passions and interests, share and interact around resources, and provide a supportive community for self-directed learning. It outlines building a PLN on Twitter by first consuming content from others, then connecting, creating your own contributions, and contributing back to grow your involvement in the network. The conclusion states that developing a PLN on Twitter in this way can have life-changing and instrumental results in making learners more confident, less alone, and more effective.

1. TWEET YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS:
TWITTER AS A
PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORK
Frances Reed
Computer-Mediated Communication

2. Twitter as a PLN
 PLN
 Connect
 Passions / Interests
 Share Resources
 Interact
 Self-Directed
 Learning
 Support
 Twitter
 Community
 Real-Time
 Global
 Content
 Broadcast
 Unrestricted
Consumption
 Message Diffusion

3. Building a PLN
Step Goal Description
1 Consume Find people or
organizations of interest
2 Connect Reach out and connect
3 Create Apply what’s being
learned to your own
practice
4 Contribute Share experiences and
insights with the network
Growing Involvement

4. Conclusion

5. Conclusion
The results on one’s personal and
professional development are
 life changing and
 instrumental in making the learner
 more confident,
 less alone and
 more effective
(Anderson, 2011; Berhardt, et al., 2014; LaGarde and
Whitehead, 2012).