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Personal Learning Environments & Networksfor STEMbrarians

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Personal Learning Environments

• Learners Take Control of their own Learning • Promotes Continuous Learning• Collaborative and Interactive• Collection of Resources • Multiple Spaces and Contexts• Formal and Informal Combined

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Where do you get your information?

PLE

• Conferences•Workshops•Websites• Videos• Social

Networks• Books• Apps

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Your Learning Experience!

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No Cookie Cutters Here!

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Jennifer’s PLE

WORK Listservs

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"PLE - personal learning environment" by GretchensFrage via Flickr

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Personal Learning Networks

• Subset to a PLE• Inter-personal Connections• Shares Expertise • Collaborative• Social

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3 Types of PLN Connections

Face to Face

Video Conferencing

Instant Messages

Synchronous

Email

RSS Feeds

Curated Links

Recordings

Asynchronous

Collaborative Documents

Discussion Boards

Social Media

Semi-synchronous

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The 4 Cs to PLNs

Contribute

Communicate

Connect

Curate

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What Should You Follow?Conference Tweets Blog Posts & Comments

Group Discussions

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to be a Lurker!It’s Okay...

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Netiquette Tips• The person on the other side is still human, be nice• Be respectful of the other person’s opinion; do not

engage in a “flame war” –series of angry communications

• Writing in all caps is the Internet equivalent to yelling at someone

• Don’t do or say stuff in the virtual environment that you wouldn’t in real life

However...interaction is the key to success in an online learning

environment.

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Who do you get your information From?

PLN

• Subject Matter Experts• Trainers• Librarians• Bloggers• Coworkers• Friends• Family

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Connectivism TheoryLearning is a process of creating connections and expanding that network.

Six Degrees

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Everyone in the world can be connected to anyone else in under six ways.

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Who Do You Know?

Jennifer Hopwood (Me)SMRLA Training Coordinator

Kevin Bacon

Gretchen CaserottiMeridian Library Director

Cen CampbellLittleeLit Founder

Sam EddingtonESRL Training Coordinator

Make a

Connection!

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Why Does it Matter?

• Soundboard for Ideas • Source for Answers • Helps to Keep up with Trends

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Mil lennia l Connect ion

• Potentially larger workforce than Baby Boomers

• Very comfortable in Networks

• Communicate through Txt Msg, IM, Twitter, Facebook, etc

• Like instant feedback-Franklin Covey’s Leading

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So Who & What should be in my PLN for STEM?

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LinkedIn’s STEM in Libraries Group

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Amy Koester @Amyeileenkshowmelibrarian.blogspot.com

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Cen Campbell @LittleelitLittleeLit.com

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Gwyneth A. Jones @Gwynethjonesthedaringlibrarian.com

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Erin Klein @KleinErin kleinspiration.com

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Steve Spangler @SpanglerScienceyoutube.com/user/SteveSpanglerScience

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Twitter• STEMfinity @STEMfinity• Stem-Works @Stem_Works• NASA Education @NASAedu• SmithsonianEducation @SmithsonianEdu• Abigail Harrison, Aspiring Astronaut

@AstronautAbby # STEM #STEAM

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• Leland Melvin @Astro_Flow• Will.i.am @iamwill

#iamSTEAM

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Pinterest http://pinterest.com/jhopwood80/stem

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‘Pin all the Things “ via Kmohman.tumblr.com

Organize

Discover

Inspire

Share

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Pinning Etiquette Be kind

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Give Credit

3Use Descriptors

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Report4

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COPYRIG

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Responsibility on UserUse Pinning Buttons Don’t Use Workarounds

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Jennifer HopwoodMS Library and Information ScienceBA English & Education

@jhopwood80