29 April 2013

Cameron HockingLearning Programs Officer

Personal Learning Networks

What is a Personal learning network?

• Ad hoc network basedaround one’s ownlearning interests

• Usually makes use ofonline tools to connect

• Not just for educatorsor professionals- couldbe for any topic

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Mark Strizic, ca 1950State Library of Victoria

Victorian PLN

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•Helene Blowers’ Learning 2.0•Partnership with SLAV

2010-2012• 4 courses, approximately 600 participants• 12 units per course

Course participants

Teacher 13%Librarian 10%Teacher librarian 47%Library technician 20%Other 10%

Primary 24%Secondary 62%Other 14%

PLN topics (2010-12)

BloggingSocial mediaOrganisational toolsPresentation toolsTeaching & Learning toolsResearch toolsDigital citizenshipGamingDigital storytelling

2013 PLN courses

Victorian PLN course(7 units)March-May

Advanced PLN(4 units)July

Research Toolkit(4 units)October

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Delivery

•Team of SLV staff writing coursematerials and providing technical support•Course materials (on website)•Online classroom- Edmodo•Webinars- Blackboard Collaborate•Catchup on holidays at SLV

http://vicpln.global2.vic.edu.au/

Course philosophy

What makes aneffectivelearner?

How can technologybe used to supportthis?

A.C.I. Computer Centre, Melbourne , Wolfgang Sievershttp://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=MAIN&reset_config=true&docId=SLV_VOYAGER1792538

2013 Victorian PLN course

Reflective- BloggingOrganised- Evernote, DiigoConnected- Twitter, Facebook,Collaborative- DiigoCritical- Assessing tools/ theories

http://vicpln.global2.vic.edu.au/2013-participants/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VicPLN/

https://groups.diigo.com/group/vic_pln https://groups.diigo.com/group/research-toolkit-2012

After the course

•#vicpln on Twitter•VicPLN Facebook group (271members)•VicPLN Diigo group (253members)•Blogging (Bright Ideas)

Do you use any of these tools in your work or ongoingPLN?

Facebook 73%Twitter 52%Blogs 96%Diigo 52%Web conference 57%

Community participation

•56% indicated that they hadstayed connected to the VicPLNcommunity in some way•Of those that didn’t, 42% listedlack of time as the main concern.

http://theresourcehound.wordpress.com/

The Resource Hound (Leanne Hampson)

Australia e-series (Pen Bentley)

http://australiaseries.wordpress.com/

Miffy Farqhuarson

http://miffyreviews.wordpress.com/

Celia Coffa

I really want to learn more about them to unlockthe potential for use with students as well ascontinuing my Personal Learning Network. Thisis my first blog as I had tried before but did nothave a purpose and it all looked too hard !!

Celia Coffa

http://ccoffa.edublogs.org/2010/04/27/week-1/#.UXya2KITKOE

Teach Meet Melbourne (Celia Coffa)

http://teachmeetmelbourne.wikispaces.com/

Reflection

“The sense of achievement is combined with healingfor me. At the start of the year, I resigned from aleadership position in eLearning. … I had lostconfidence, and, critically, professional networks, as Iwas no longer on leadership teams.

The PLN has empowered me with knowledge andskills, and restored my sense of being part of a largergroup devoted to learning and growing.”

http://connectingandlearning.global2.vic.edu.au/2012/07/13/unit-12-reflection-digital-stories/

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How to connect

How to connect

#vicpln

Cameron Hockingchocking@slv.vic.gov.auTwitter @camhock8664 7558

Link:

bit.ly/ZImHutPin-up boy of Pop, Johnny Farnham, 21,answers another call from an idolising fan,phone never stops, Herald and Weekly Timeshttp://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vi

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