1. 1. Build your own PLNBy Roland GesthuizenDEECD, Victoria Australiahttp://about.me/rgesthuizen
2. 2. Writing online Blogging Microblogging Twitter Blog site Twit (or Tweecher) Blogger Brief, text updates of only 140 characters Increasingly used for building a PLN
3. 3. Online conversations People sharing Responding to Insights, an event beliefs, each other ideas, and emotions
4. 4. Following a Twitter Stream Increase the Reading a hash taglikelihood that a is following a Twittermessage can bestream.found and read
5. 5. Twitter to share Posts may be viewed And processed to Directly online create amalgamatedhttp://twitter.com report (storify) Embedded on a remixed with newwebsitecontent (or mashup) visualisation tool create different(TweetDeck)visualisation (Wordle)Broadcast and further distributed using Twitter,prompting others to try and do the same or tocreate a new derivative work.
6. 6. Conference Twitter Hashtags e.g. #ACEC2010 Are multiple Not a single monologues withdistributedsome discontinuous,conversation loosely joinedbetween usersdialogues between users (Ross et al. 2011, 2)
7. 7. Retweeting Popular users Popular posts can be are often retweeted Reposted are added to a Further distributedshared specialist list and shared Can be followed Retweeted(beginning of PLN)
8. 8. Back channels Enable the Not regulated by the mainstream event Sharing of notes Increasingly an integral Asking questions part of events Engage in dialogue Discussions may appear Stimulate debate prosaic Invite and embrace the highly personalparticipation of challengingmembers beyond thephysical event.
9. 9. Read and Regurgitate Syndrome New users distracted Mindless sharing andas they try torepetition without anyimmerse themselvesdeep analysis,in the technology reflection or reviewwhilst listening to a (McKeown 1999)presentation.
10. 10. ACEC 2010 Conference 6 to 9 April 2010 Over 7 days data Melbourne, Australia 474 Twitter users 800 delegates 6034 messages
11. 11. Educators use a PLN For professional support invite dissentingand encouragement voices, ideas and to inspiration to improve opinions learning by following to push new ideasothers reinforce self-perception as a creative sparkas educators share a response a new idea amplifier
12. 12. Processing workflow Data collected from Processing converted to a plain text file Topsy Search Engine further processed to capture thedate, time and message sender HTML file of postsof message post imported into spreadsheet foranalysis. validate and bench test theeffectiveness of the searchresults from the Topsy engine.
13. 13. Some users posted many,Many users posted some
14. 14. Many users reshared messages
15. 15. Some very, very complex postsFive different hash tags for five potentially different audiences: 08/04/10 15:33 @sandynayRT @katemreid: #acec2010 @pryorcommitment #Connect, #Collaborate Create All verbs because they about #action - things we can actually do!Five different users to an expanded PLN 08/04/10 16:29 @lordfolland#ACEC2010 a place for expanding my PLN to include @ackygirl, @bronst,@katemreid, @jessmcculloch and @mountainmossFour different hyperlinks to resources being discussed in a session 09/04/10 11:31 @mentormadness#ACEC2010 Lookin @ Pageflakes http://bit.ly/5oHrZ - Netvibeshttp://bit.ly/13T425 - iGoogle http://bit.ly/b8u0 - diigo http://bit.ly/A1ysf
16. 16. Users overcame the space limitation To connect, shareand collaborate withother participants. Link shortening tools Codified language RT, MT, HT, OT via LOL, ROTFL etc :-) :-o :-(
17. 17. Time and Space dimensionPosting peaks Twitter used with a wider directly before the event community to 9 am keynote reflect on daily posts late into the evening organise social eventsMessages posted share resources Most (96%) during event Keynote Gary Stagergenerated considerable (3%) before less (1%)later public discussion anddebate about ideas heraised.
18. 18. Friends we havent met yet05/04/10 19:51 @teachernz@jennyluca watch/read what others tweet, help someone,answer/ask a question, share your students work, lurk, learn &engage #ACEC201004/04/10 23:33 @pryorcommitmentHoping to meet some people from other states at #ACEC2010 Dontknow many NSW people. Would be good to meet as well as sharetweets :-)05/04/10 15:48 @jjash@sandynay looking forward to meeting up with all my PLN at#acec2010 :) CU at cocktails?06/04/10 09:06 @Steve_CollisFunny - the whole value of #ACEC2010 for me is meeting myTwitter friends face to face (very special), and making new friends.
19. 19. Users shared Twitter artefacts Word clouds, trend maps Perhaps a desire for a big-picture view to help look for patterns and themes to better understan what happened to synthesise new understandings
20. 20. Theme 1: A PLN improves the conferenceengagement for some participants To reflect upon what washappening. 09/04/10 13:00@ahiskens For those at Alan Novembers 5pm Fluid discussion workshop on Wed - food for thought on the copyright discussion from @billt - Further debate and http://bit.ly/ccU4mf #acec2010delibration invited 09/04/10 21:07@lindawollan Keynote speakers joining the Still thinking about Gary Stagers keynote. Challenging.... did anyone find anyTwitter stream to clarifypositives?? #acec2010points and answer questions Source new PLN members 08/04/10 17:32@smartinez @mountainmoss its going to take a while to get through all the emails and follow people back... but i will! #acec2010
21. 21. Theme 2: A PLN affords communication withother participants which might not otherwise occur Participants outside the09/04/10 09:01 @sujokatThis link works for ustream of gary stager atconference venue shared #ACEC2010http://www.ustream.tv/channel/technology- what was happening in real timein-education-show by @stevecollis notes using broadcasting tools resources 09/04/10 10:53 @suehatwilkes#acec2010 SueH from Canada invites U2 Participants in physicallymeet Ian Jukes online 04/13 @ 5:30 pmdifferent rooms following and PDT. Goto http://tinyurl.com/ykddjky forElluminate link & pswdresponding to twitter posts
22. 22. Theme 3: A PLN is a powerful way to share professional and intellectual resources. Participants used Twitter to 07/04/10 08:28 @dakinane @staceykelly #ACEC2010 thanks for the follow. promote their conference notes Will be posting to my blog throughout the conference http://dakinane.com/blog share personal reflections Attract new members from 09/04/10 06:58 @ashleyproud Do I dare plug my blog1 more time?conference Twitter streamhttp://oneofthosepeople.edublogs.org/ Should I be brave and put #acec2010 on it? :) Expand their PLN #last_shameless_plug From ideas raised at theconference, evidence of Reporting analysis deep reflection
23. 23. Further Research Examine this dataand the artefactsshared Identify what tangiblechanges in practicemight result fromparticipation in aconference and PLN
24. 24. SummaryAn online conference PLN can be the site of personallymeaningfulcommunications
25. 25. Summary Learning and engagingwith like-minded peers at a conference eventusing social media toolsis a powerful way for educators to build apersonal learning network and take directcharge of theirprofessional lives.
26. 26. Only 16 percent of teachers surveyed agree that there is a climate of cooperative effort among staff members in their schools.(Wei, Darling-Hammond, and Adamson 2010, 20)
27. 27. For organisations todayAgility, context, and a strong network are becoming the survival traits where assets, control, and power used to rule (Ito 2011)