AAACE Annual Conference, 2010Clearwater, FL
Terry Carter, [email protected] Nugent, [email protected]
Virginia Commonwealth University
Enhancing Self-Directed Learning through a Personal Learning Network
networked communication
collective knowledge
video / communicationsearch ++
resource sharing
publish videocommunication
collective knowledge
resource sharing
publish audiocommunication
resource sharing
networked communication
publish images
publish text
networking / collaboration
publish media
communicationtools
resource sharing
collectiveknowledge
socialnetworking
Platform of Participation
Open Educational Content
Self-directed LearningKnowles’s 1975 definition
“a process in which individuals take the initiative, with or
without the help of others, in diagnosing their learning
needs, formulating learning goals, identifying human and
material resources for learning, choosing and implementing
appropriate learning strategies, and evaluating learning
outcomes” (p. 18)
Adapted from Warlick, 2009
PLN
dynamicallymaintained asynchronous connectionsNews, web
searches
Blogs, wikis, SNS Social
bookmarks
Social Media (Flickr,
YouTube)
Podcasts, open
source resources
RSS feedaggregator
personally and sociallymaintainedsemi-synchronousconnections
Professional Colleagues
(distant & local)Family, Friends, Others
blogs, Twitter, wikis, mobile phones, SNS
Learner
Family, Friends Others
ProfessionalColleagues
(distant & local)
Telephone, desktop
teleconference, chat, IM, virtual
worlds
personallymaintainedsynchronousconnections
resource sharing
Help Learners Create a PLN
Model the process and
share strategies
Join a professional
social network
Begin reading &
commenting professional
blogs of interest
Join the micro-
blogging community with Twitter
Expand your Web 2.0
presence with the
creation of blogs, wikis,
and your own SNS
What skills are needed to engage in
learning that is open, social and
networked?
SimulationDistributed cognition
Collective intelligence
Judgment
Networking
NegotiationAppropriation
Multi-tasking
Transmedianavigation
Performance through improvisation
Play throughexperimen-tation
Jenkins, 2006
resource sharing
What Challenges Do You See in Helping Learners
Become More Self-Directed through the
development of a PLN?
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Knowles, M. S. (1975). Self-directed learning: A guide for learners and teachers. Chicago, IL: Association Press.
Jenkins, H. (2006). Confronting the challenges of participatory culture: Media education for the 21st century. Boston: MIT Press and The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur
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Warlick, D. (2009, March-April). Grow your personal learning network. Leading and Learning with Technology, 36(6), 12-16.
Wenger, E. (1998). Communities of practice: Learning, meaning, and identity. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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