finding people-to-learn-from

Finding People To Learn From

Bob BertschWeb Technology SpecialistNDSU Ag Communication

Formal education is bricks and mortar, social learning is clouds and streamshttp://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

Filter

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

Flipboard

Google Reader

Google Alerts

Social

Twitter

Facebook

Google +

Curation

Diigo

Pinterest

Scoop.it

Power/value of network

• Exposure to incidental information– You don’t know what you need to know

• Asking questions• Connectedness• Awareness of trends• What are others doing / talking about

• Exposure to incidental information– You don’t know what you need to know

• Asking questions

• Connectedness

• Awareness of trends

• What are others doing / talking about

How to find people

• Start with who you already know• Connections:

– Who follows you?– Who do they follow?– Who follows them?– Who do they retweet?– Look at lists

• Start with who you already know

• Who follows you?

• Who do they follow?

• Who follows them?

• Who do they retweet and repin

• Look at lists

• Look at lists

• Look at lists

Outside the network

• Speakers at conferences• Authors• Business cards• Email signatures

Find by topic

• Hashtags (e.g., #netlit, #mfln)• Search• Websites• Subject matter experts

Search for Topics on Twitter• Go to twitter.com

or search.twitter.com

• Type a topic in the search bar

• Use the “Tweets” tab for people who have tweeted the term

Search for Topics on Twitter

Check for better search results by using a hashtag.

• Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context to tweets. 

• You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol: #hashtag.

• Hashtags were developed as a means to create "groupings" on Twitter, without having to change the basic service.

Your activity matters

• If you are active in online networks, and engage with others, interesting people will find you.

• For example:– @JerryBuchko and Military Families Learning

Network and Network Literacy

Search for Topics on Twitter

Harold Jarche – www.jarche.com

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