Creating Your Online Learning Network
Anne Adrian eXtension-Auburn UniversityTwitter: @aafromaa
John Dorner, North Carolina State UniversityTwitter: @jdorner
ESP October 2012
Brought to you by the eXtension Network Literacy CoPwww.extension.org/network_literacy
What Is a LN?LNs are deliberately formed networks of people and resources capable of guiding our independent learning goals and professional development needs.
LN Resources
CONVERSATIONSTwitter
FacebookBlog Comments
LinkedInGoogle Plus
CONTENT
BlogsVideos
SlideshowsBookmarks
Using Twitter For Your LNWhat Is Twitter?Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging tool that allows users to share 140 character bursts of information (tweets).
How are people using Twitter?News sourceConversationConference trackerMarketing toolKnowledge networkText Messaging
Identify people
ColleaguesFriends & FamilyAuthorsBloggersSpeakersMagazinesNews Sites
Search for them
Search your address book
Follow people that are retweeted
Follow Followers
Lists you are on
Search for subjects
Search using #hashtags
#hashtags are community driven
Apps
Tweetdeck
Hootsuite
Twitter App - iPhone/Android
Flipboard - iPhone/iPad
Next Steps
CREATE account if you don't have one
FIND your real life friends/colleagues
SEARCH for others with similar interests
FOLLOW others
SHARE what you discover and learn
http://www.extension.org/people/colleagues/socialnetworks
Creating Your Online Learning Network
Anne Adrian eXtension-Auburn UniversityTwitter: @aafromaa
[email protected]://www.extension.org/people/aadrian
John Dorner, North Carolina State UniversityTwitter: @jdorner
[email protected]://www.extension.org/people/jdorner
Abstract
Learning is an individual self-directed process, but learning does not have to be a solitary process. Often it is best done with others. Fortunately, there are many tools you can use to help you continue your learning. Which tools are the right ones for you? Who do you go to to ask your questions? How do you find these people? Many of today’s social media sites make it easy to find the right people and the right information and to share what you know. Google+, LinkedIn, Twitter, Delicious, Diigo, Pinterest, Scoop.It, Slideshare, YouTube, Vimeo, TeacherTube, eXtension Learn, Facebook, StackExchange, WikiPedia, Google Alerts, RSS feeds, and podcasts are just some of the places you can share and learn.
In this session, we’ll discuss which tool to use for which job and how to find the information that you want.