Alice meets her Personal Learning Network

Dr. Richard A. SchwierConnected me to the

possibilitiesRick's Cafe Canadien

Dr. Alec CourosChallenged me to think

differentlyOpen Thinking & Digital Pedago

gyOpen Thinking Wiki

Jennifer JonesMentored me in other worlds injenuity

Introduction The Story

TheoryPractice and Tools

The Cards Fall

Why Alice in Wonderland?

Presentation media Illustrations by John Tenniel

(1820-1914)Copyright free (in public

domain)

Workshop formatReferences:Schwier, R. A. (2007). A typology of catalysts, emphases and elements of virtual leanring communities. In R. Luppicini (Ed.), Trends in distance education: A focus on communitieis of learning. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

Dorman, J. (2008). Power up your professional learning network. Retrieved October 23, 2008 from http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/ppln.

Alice follows a White Rabbit down the rabbit hole

Looks for the key to the garden

Themes: Community as filter Keller’s ARCS motivational

model Role of the community leaderReference:Keller, J. (2008). First principles of motivation to learn and e-learning. Distance Education, 29(2), 175-185.

Twitterhttp://www.twitter.com

YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com

Alice grows and doesn’t know herself – she cries

Alice shrinks and meets a mouse in her pool of tears

Themes: Legitimate participants Rules and Culture Reflection

Blogshttp://wordpress.comhttp://edublogs.com

The community caught in pool try to figure out how to get dry.

Alice confused mouse’s tail for his tale

Themes: Communications Language Mutuality Historicity

Photo credit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7702913.stm

Welsh translation: “I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated.”

Alice is mistaken by the Rabbit for someone else and he sends her off to fetch his fan and gloves.

Themes: Identity Medium both engaging and

prohibitive

Discussion ForumsDesire2LearnDrupalMoodle

Alice admits her identity crisis to the caterpillar

He tells her about the powers of the mushroom

Themes: Insiders Information

Social BookmarkingDeliciousMy DeliciousDiigoMy Diigo

Duchess turns everything into a moral.

Alice learns that pepper makes you hot-tempered.

Alice meets the Cheshire Cat

Themes: Community Rules Social Protocols

FacebookMy Facebook

NingsClassroom 2.0Parents as Partners

The Hatter, the Dormouse and the March Hare are having a tea party.

They question Alice to a point of insult and she leaves.

Themes: Plurality Choices Autonomy

Making choiceshttp://twitter.com/intrepidteacher

Sometimes dialectical relationships feel more antagonistic than helpful. 10:01 PM Nov 2nd from twhirl

Do I really need this person in my network? Contemplating opposing viewpoints and how they help or hurt community. 10:00 PM Nov 2nd from twhirl

Is it worth having people who are VERY different than you in your network? Why? Finding myself needing to explain why Dick Cheney is evil. 9:59 PM Nov 2nd from twhirl

Alice wonders why the rose tree is being painted.

The game of croquet uses flamingoes as mallet heads and hedgehogs as balls.

Themes: Technology Participation

Second Life

The Duchess comes to the Croquet ground.

Mock Turtle’s education: Reeling and Writhing, the Ambition, Distraction, Uglification and Derision.

Themes: Story-telling Learning

Voicethread

Slideshare

YouTube

Alice learns a new dance. Gryphon explains things to

Alice. Alice relates her adventure,

feeling comfortable with Mock Turtle and Gryphon.

Themes: Trajectories Trust Learning Styles

K12 Online ConferenceParents as PartnersOpen, Social, Connected:

Reflections of an Open Graduate Course Experience

Dr. Alec Couros

WebcastEdTech WeeklyParents as Partners

The Knave of Hearts is accused of stealing the tarts. Many of the animals are present and have different roles in the court.

The White Rabbit is the Herald. Alice grows larger.

Themes: Intensity Flexibility

Aggregators and RSS Feeds

GoogleReader

Feedburner

Alice is called as a witness and challenges the Queen

She calls them just a pack of cards

Themes: Inbound to apprentice to

insider

Of course Alice wakes up from her dream and so will you.

But your network is real, with real people and real connections.

Your network awaits you, Alice.