start managing your own learning
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If you are not actively keeping up with your own learning and professional development, you are falling behind. A Personal Learning Network (PLN) can provide you with learning from leaders, experts and colleagues around the world, bringing together communities, resources and information impossible to access from within your office walls. Learn how you can get started on your own PLN and contribute to your professional development.TRANSCRIPT
Start Managing Your Own Learning
Bob BertschWeb Technology SpecialistNDSU Ag Communication
Formal education is a walk through the zoo, informal learning is a walk through the savannah. http://stephenwhart.com/quotes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/godutchbaby/4432480199/
Formal education is knowing a tomato is a fruit, informal learning is not using it in fruit salad. http://stephenwhart.com/quotes/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elanaspantry/3554762608/
Formal education is bricks and mortar, social learning is clouds and streamshttp://stephenwhart.com/quotes/
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Formal education is the playbook, social learning is the huddlehttp://stephenwhart.com/quotes/
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What is a learning network?
a deliberately formed network of people and resources capable of guiding our
independent learning goals and professional development needs.
Content Commentary Research ConversationExperience
Colleagues FriendsExperts
Filter FilterFilter
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YOU
FilterCreationCurationSharing
Adapted from “Creating a Personal Learning Network,” http://www.slideshare.net/corinnew/creating-a-personal-learning-network-5016387
My learning network?
Content
Zite
Google Reader
Google Alerts
Social
Google +
Curation
Diigo
Scoop.it
Google Alerts
Google Alerts are emails sent to you when Google finds new results -- such as web pages, newspaper articles, or blogs -- that match your search term. You can use Google Alerts to monitor anything on the Web.
For example, people use Google Alerts to:• find out what is being said about their company or product.• monitor a developing news story.• keep up to date on a competitor or industry.• get the latest news on a celebrity or sports team.• find out what's being said about themselves.
• http://www.google.com/alerts• Delivered by email (daily, weekly, or as
found)• RSS available for Google accounts
Google Alerts
Harold Jarche – www.jarche.com
Learn More
• Getting Online Information to Come to You - Sept. 13, 2012, 10 - 11 a.m. — Learn how you can use online tools to get the information you need to come to you.
• Finding People to Learn From - Sept. 20, 2012, 10 - 11 a.m. — Learn how use social media to find and follow people who can really enhance your learning and professional development.
• To sign up for any of the sessions, go to http://bit.ly/hDxHIj.
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