I develop as_my_network_develops_nov_6_2010

I Develop as my Network Develops

37th International MEXTESOL Convention & 10th Central American and Caribbean Basin Convention

Cancún, MexicoNovember 6, 2010

Benjamin StewartUniversidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico

Research questions

How does an EFL educator's own perception of English language proficiency, pedagogical skill set/orientation, and knowledge of applied linguistics impact one's contribution to a personal learning network (PLN)?

How does pursuing a PLN influence change in an EFL educator's teaching practice?

Teaching begins with learning. Diane Larsen/Freeman (Nov. 6, 2010)

Six degrees of Kevin Bacon

What is a network?

Gary Busey Danny Glover Kevin Kline

Kevin Dunn Kevin Bacon

How do we learn through a network?

Essential question

Groups versus Networks

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_downes/252157734/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Unity

Coordination

Closed

Distributive

Diversity

Autonomy

Openness

Connective

Networks, CoP, and SCT

A network is not integrated, it is made of “small pieces” and is “loosely joined”.

Downes, 2008http://www.slideshare.net/Downes/connectivism-a-theory-of-personal-learning

Communities of practice

Socioculturaltheory

Put another way, nodes are “softly assembled”. Diane Larsen/Freeman

When building a professional development network, what comes first?

Essential question

Learning to share

To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give-Taisen Deshimaru

We share, we learn.

Emergent(learning to play the guitar)

Constructed(learning to make a guitar)

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What is a personal learning network?

Essential Question

The Typical Teacher

Alec Couros (http://twitter.com/courosa/) of Open Thinking blog created this graphic (http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/)

Professional “Learning” Community


• The Networked Teacher (Leader)


• Learning Network Community


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...considers the attributes of the nodes

and

the type of interactions that link the nodes

How can you contribute to a personal learning

network?

Essential Question

Web 2.0

Participatory tools give learners power and control.

Making a Contribution, Wiki Style!

(Bonk, 2009, p. 235)

PFLE: http://wikieducator.org/PFLE

Publishing an Open Educational Resource (OER)

The emergence of alternative licenses

• Copyright

©• Public domain

This work is licensed under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Reuse

Revise

Remix

Redistribute

Final essential question

http://www.ubuntu.com/ http://www.openoffice.org/

http://www.google.com/chrome

What I used to prepare for this presentation.

Where will open, transparent learning that results from an ongoing pursuit of a personal learning network take you?

Final essential question

References & Attribution

Bonk, C. (2009). The world is open. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Patricia Schlicht, Wikieducatorhttp://www.wikieducator.org/User:[email protected]

Michael Paskevicius, Michelle Willmers & Cheryl Hodgkinson-WilliamsTeaching with Technology Mini Conference 18 November 2009University of Cape Town

Thank you for your attention!

Benjamin StewartUniversidad Autónoma de [email protected]

Wikieducatorhttp://www.wikieducator.org/User:BnleezCollaborative Understandings Blog: http://bnleez.wordpress.com/

* Wikieducator: http://wikieducator.org/Main_Page* Foreign Language Program: http://wikieducator.org/PFLE* Connective English language learning (CELL): http://wikieducator.org/User:Bnleez/cell* Distance English Language Learning (DELL):* http://wikieducator.org/Distancelanguagelearning

http://wikieducator.org/PFLE