The next iteration of the online course Open Networked Learning is beginning next week. As a past participant, co-facilitator and presenter, I have been involved in different ways with this wonderful open learning opportunity for academics teaching in higher education since 2016. During this time, the landscape of open networked learning has continued to change […]
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Networked Learning Conference presentation: Transforming professional learning through Personal Learning Networks
It has been a long held ambition to attend and participate in the biennial Networked Learning conference. Modelling the open, networked learning practices they research, the conference publishes the papers on their website, and I have used many of them in my thesis research. This year the conference is being held in Zagreb, Croatia, and […]
Engagement, participation and creating a space at the table: #EngageMOOC
I have enrolled in a very short MOOC which focuses on Engagement in a time of Polarization. The reason I enrolled in this learning opportunity is because my research is exploring a type of participatory learning – personal learning networks. The question posed by Prof. Natalie Delia Deckard, of Davidson College, the institution hosting this MOOC is […]
PLNs: Theory and Practice
As many of you will know, my PhD research is exploring the concept of PLNs and networked and connected learning, by investigating how teachers experience professional learning through their own PLNs. This post is based upon my research, and was created in part because I was asked by the lovely Dr Mandy Lupton to prepare a […]
Supercharge your PLN – Part Two
Following from my previous post, which explored how you might use hashtags to supercharge your PLN, this post will continue looking at ways to enhance your learning through the PLN, this time exploring the importance of connections. Learning through a PLN is inherently social. If we listen to what George Siemens and David Weinberger say, […]
The Symphonic Magic of the PLN
Some might say that a symphony orchestra represents a type of magic. Here are a group of (very talented) individuals, each expert players of their own particular instrument. When they play alone, they make beautiful music. However when they join together within a concert hall, led by a conductor, what they create is nothing short […]
Naming and Taming your Network
Happy New Year! Time goes by so quickly, and it is difficult to believe that this new blog of mine is now a year old! I began this blog with the idea that I would use it to capture my reflections and learning while researching, as I commenced an Education Doctorate full time. A year on, […]
Connected Learning and Open Networked Learning – a comparison
My research focuses on the personal learning networks of teachers, and how they experience professional learning through these networks. One of the defining aspects of the PLN is that it is driven strategically by the individual; the network creates an informal learning opportunity that is shaped around the thoughts, feelings and actions of the teacher, as […]
Reflecting on a learning experience: Open Networked Learning 162
Earlier this year I had the privilege of completing the online open course, Open Networked Learning 2016, iteration 1 (ONL161). As I reflected on my learning way back in April, I thought that my connections with this particular learning experience had ended. However…I was contacted by the lovely Lotta Åbjörnsson, who works as an Educational developer […]
Learning through Connections – in theory
So part of the reason I am keeping this blog is so I can share with you the research I am undertaking as part of my doctoral studies. Writing about the ‘stuff’ that I have been reading and thinking about for my studies in a blog post is great. I love it. Why? Because when […]