Using Web 2.0 tools to supercharge your professional development
LearnIT@UD session –3-1-2012
Mathieu Plourde, Educational Technologist, LMS Project Leader IT-Client Support & Services
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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Objective
3-1-2012
By the end of this session…
• You will be able to find, store, and retrieve information more effectively.
• You will also understand the value of sharing in your professional development.
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Session materials: http://sites.udel.edu/open/pln/
MAPPING YOUR CURRENT PRACTICES
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Mapping your information flow
• List your sources of professional information and development.
• List processes you use to be able to remember or reuse information.
• List the people you share information with and the type of information you share.
• Create a diagram expressing the input and output of your learning and sharing process.
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ME
INPUT (Inbound)
OUTPUT (Outbound)
MY STORAGE
ME
INPUT (Inbound)
OUTPUT (Outbound)
MY STORAGE
(Circa 2007)
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MANAGING INCOMING INFORMATION
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How big is the problem?
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“It's not information overload - it's filter failure”
– Clay Shirky
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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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Remember the day the Internet almost died?
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/26/michael.jackson.internet/index.html
Finding relevant conversations
• Gurus in your discipline and their entourage
• Books
• Blogs
• Professional associations
• Conference backchannels
• #Hashtags and keywords
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Roles in communities
Leaders/ Gurus
Active Members
Lurkers
Outsiders
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Google Alerts
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http://www.google.com/alerts
Consume the social web
• Create a custom online newspaper that scouts the social web for you.
• http://paper.li
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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
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Attribution: jrhode on Flickr.com
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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Media literacy
http://youtu.be/MWGOjRnTmoA
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STORING AND RETRIEVING INFORMATION
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Storing and retrieving
I can retrieve relevant information I was exposed to in the last month.
• Yes.
• No.
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Social bookmarking: Diigo
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Can you imagine having 5,000 bookmarks in your browser?
Browser Add-On
http://www.diigo.com
Evernote
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• Personal note-taking application.
• Syncs on multiple devices.
• http://www.evernote.com/
Dropbox.com
• Easy personal file storage.
• Syncs on multiple devices.
• http://www.dropbox.com
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SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEB 2.0 PRACTICES
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Social media presence
Do you have a _______ account?
• Yes.
• No.
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Social media usage
Your purpose for using social media is mostly…
• Personal.
• Professional.
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Mobile devices
Do you own a smartphone, tablet, or another web-enabled handheld device?
• Yes.
• No.
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PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORKS
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“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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Finding your tribe
http://youtu.be/TrO222AFqKw
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Your PLN to the rescue
http://youtu.be/IZ83x2hUCP4
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Personal learning networks
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Attribution: Alec Couros (courosa) on Flickr.com
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SHARING INFORMATION
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Sharing
Are you afraid of sharing your ideas online?
• Yes.
• No.
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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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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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Your profile
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Less Intrusive Than a Phone Call…
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Share your identity in
the physical world!
If Information Was Made of Light…
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EXTERNAL INFORMATION
SOURCE RECEIVED INFORMATION
FORWARDED INFORMATION
SHARED INFORMATION
STORED INFORMATION
If Information Was Made of Light…
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EXTERNAL INFORMATION
SOURCE RECEIVED INFORMATION
FORWARDED INFORMATION
SHARED INFORMATION
STORED INFORMATION
CURATION
Conversational Spaces
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PROFESSIONAL PERSONAL
Social Media Spaces
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PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL
CHOOSING THE RIGHT CHANNELS
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0
500
1000
1500
China IndiaFacebook USA
TwitterLinkedIn
Google+
Population or Sign-ups (M)
The network effect
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The role of reciprocity
Reciprocal
• Requires permission from both participants.
Non-reciprocal
• You can follow someone without them following you back.
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Top dog
The role of reciprocity
Reciprocal
• Requires permission from both participants.
Non-reciprocal
• You can follow someone without them following you back.
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My spaces
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My sharing loop (2012)
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CONCLUSION
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http://twitter.com/opencontent/statuses/1289142795
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ME
INPUT (Inbound)
OUTPUT (Outbound)
MY STORAGE
Add something you learned about to your diagram!
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DIY education
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http://youtu.be/thbDZBQk3Ng
Thank You!
• Questions, comments, follow-up?
• Mathieu Plourde Educational Technologist, LMS Project Leader IT Client Support & Services [email protected] 302-831-4060
• http://mathplourde.wordpress.com/about/
• Session materials: http://sites.udel.edu/open/pln/
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