4. Professional
development needs
• THE CONNECTED EDUCATOR
to change.
We know this.
A revolution in technology
has transformed the way we
can find each
other, interact, and
collaborate to create
knowledge as connected
learners.
5. Meet the new model for professional
development:
• THE CONNECTED EDUCATOR
Connected Learning Communities
In CLCs educators have several ways to
connect and collaborate:
• F2F learning communities (PLCs)
• Personal learning networks (PLNs)
• Communities of practice or inquiry (CoPs)
6.
7. 1. Local community: Purposeful, face-to-face
connections among members of a committed group—a
professional learning community (PLC)
• THE CONNECTED EDUCATOR
2. Global network: Individually chosen, online
connections with a diverse collection of people and
resources from around the world—a personal learning
network (PLN)
3. Bounded community: A committed, collective, and
often global group of individuals who have overlapping
interests and recognize a need for connections that go
deeper than the personal learning network or the
professional learning community can provide—a
community of practice or inquiry (CoP)
8. Professional Personal Learning Communities of
Learning Networks Practice
Communities
• THE CONNECTED EDUCATOR
Method Often organized for Do-it-yourself Educators organize
teachers it themselves
Purpose To collaborate in For individuals to Collective
subject area or gather info for knowledge building
grade level teams personal knowledge around shared
around tasks construction and to interests and goals.
bring back info to
the community
Structure Team/group Individual, face to Collective, face to
F2f face, and online face, or online
Focus Student Personal growth Systemic
achievement improvement
9. FOCUS:
• Situated
• Synchronous /
asynchronous
• Online or off
• Open and closed
Communities of Practice
