Learning Networks and Professional

Development

02.09.09

Networks are people, not things.

Work toward answering common questions.

Create content and share-alike.

Leverage the best learning and tools available.

In a learning network, individuals will:

There is no single network. Trying to make it so will kill

the network.

Create their own learning.

Make connections that

are relevant.

Engage in a community

wherever they find it.

In a learning network, individuals will:

Learning is always networked.

Connections are valuable.

Link to voices of value.

Embed work that is

important.

Remix learning objects at will.

In a learning network, individuals will:

The tool is not the network.

Shift tools if they no longer suit the

needs of the network.

Tag their content to aggregate it.

Make content come to them

with feeds.

In a learning network, individuals will:

Networks huddle around learning.

Test ideas and make sure that they are viable.

Debate both process and products.

Start conversations,

always.

In a learning network, individuals will:

Networks are open. Web sites are closed.

Use API’s

Use web applications

and web mail as feeds

Use mobile devices

In a learning network, individuals will:

Wiki and blog are not four letter words.

Collaborate as an instinct.

Have conversations around every learning event.

Archive all learning.

In a learning network, individuals will:

Learning networks are Professional

Development

Always on. Always Learning.