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.