9. Ask YourselfâŚ
van Harmelen, Mark (August 2006). "Personal Learning Environments". http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/jitt/index.php/Personal_Learning_Environments. Retrieved 2006-08-24.
How many
Educators can I
collaborate
with on a daily
basis?
10. What is a PLN?
Personal Learning Network
Professional Learning Networ
"Personal Learning Environments are systems that help learners take control of
and manage their own learning. This includes providing support for learners to
â˘set their own learning goals
â˘manage their learning; managing both content and process
â˘communicate with others in the process of learning and thereby achieve
learning goals.
A PLE may be composed of one or more subsystems: As such it may be a desktop
application, or composed of one or more web-based services."
van Harmelen, Mark (August 2006). "Personal Learning Environments". http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/jitt/index.php/Personal_Learning_Environments. Retrieved 2006-08-24.
Professional Learning Environment
15. *Social networks
ď SNs have a strong impact on teachersâ behaviors - for
self-elaboration, improvement of teaching and collaboration
progress of information and communication
technologies
need of reliable connection and successful dialog
among people with similar interests
Web 2.0 developed tools and social software with
flexible user interface
culture of sharing, promotion of new ideas and
connection
socialization through web-based communicative and
collaborative activities
enhanced instruments for personalization
phenomenon of a networked world
16.
17. Advantages Disadvantages
âGrowing as a learner / a better communicator / improving
my teaching stylesâ
âTime consuming / missing important information / too
large the PLNâ
âBrings down barriers between student/teacher, which can
be both beneficial or not, depending on the respect and the
relationshipâ
âCan be addictiveâ, âOverflow of informationâ
âIt is very easy to learn so many new things and
communicate with inspiring teachersâ.
âIt can be very time consuming!â
âinstant communicationâ âspams, at timesâ
âImmediate feedback to followers and friendsâ âCannot keep up with twitsâ
âAs teacher, I can learn from people and share my
experience. As person, I donât useâ
âIt has not disadvantages for meâ
âcontinuous real time learning/collaborationâ âcan get lost in learning (spend more time then intended)â
âThe bigger advantage is the opportunity of growthâ âthe disadvantage is the impossibility of see everything that
is in the timelineâ
âI get to know new things, resources in educationâ âno impact on my teachingâ
âIt is at the very heart of my PLN. It allows me to learn new
information and spread and add to new infoâ
âreal time information to many tweets that I cannot read or
even seeâ
âIt is a way of sharing experiences in few words. It is a way
of communicating with others.â
âlack of a good archive; poor conversational potential; 140
character limit; URLs in message and not in metadataâ
âConnections and learning on a Global basisâ âI do not carry a phone around, so it is not easy to follow
twitterâ
âDiscover new things, Connect to interesting peopleâ âAddictive, consumes much timeâ
âRemembering to read & follow up leadsâ âI don't like Twitter. I think that it doesn't advantages or
disadvantages. In future I will use twitter for my studentsâ
What are the advantages and disadvantages of Twitter for you as a person and as a teacher?
18. Personal Learning Network
ď The social interactions of every person could support his currently emerged
or future planned needs for learning, shaping the individual features
Learning network -
describes the gained experience of
students and teachers when they
utilize computers for learning
(http://csalt.lancs.ac.uk/jisc/, 2001)
Social learning networks -
can utilize social software and social
networking sites â learning through
interactions among participants
Personal learning networks -
describe âthe sum of all social capital and
connections that result in the development and
facilitation of a personal learning environmentâ ,
(Couros, 2010)
19.
20.
21. You are your own âVLEâ
Services Tools
Formats Content
Channels Networks
Aggregation
ŠSteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2009
22. PLEs, PLNs and PWs
Personal
Learning
Network
Personal
Web
Personal
Learning
Environment
ŠSteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2009
24. External Services
Web 2.0
Self organised
Institutionally
managed
Adapted from David Delgado, 2007
E-Portfolio
Aggregator
Social
Network
Personal Learning Environment Model
Blog
LMS
Personal
Learning
Environment
ccSteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2009
26. Learning Webs
From this .... ..... To this
ccSteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2009
http://sm.irsd.k12.de.us http://blogs.silverlight.net
27. Web 2.0: the
Social Web
âThe social web is transforming the way
people use the Internet to do business,
access information and connect with each
other. It has revolutionised the way we are
entertained, and altered forever the way we
learn.â
Source: John, P. & Wheeler, S. (2008)
30. Learners will need new âliteraciesâ
⢠Social networking
⢠Privacy maintenance
⢠Identity management
⢠Creating content
⢠Organising content
⢠Reusing and repurposing
⢠Filtering and selecting
⢠Self broadcasting
http://www.mopocket.com/
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2011
31. The new digital literaciesâŚ
ŠSteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2008
What to
store
Where to
store it
How to find
it
How to
apply it
Other new
literacies
What
format to
use
Assess
value
New
copyright
Avoiding
plagiarism
Mixing and
Mashing
Sharing
34. Thank you for your
attention!
Makhubu Nonkululeko
University of Johannesburg
35. References
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http://www.slideshare.net/hhurley/spicing-up-your-professional-network
⢠Ivanova, M. (2012, July 09). Analysis of Personal Learning Networks in Support of Teachers Presence Optimization.
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