social media for professional learning

Leadership in practice

Posted on July 1, 2021September 16, 2022 by KayO

Thank you for joining me for the third and final installment of the Teacher Librarian as Leader blog post series. If you have missed the first two posts, consider jumping back to the start to read all three in order. The first post discusses the role of the TL, and how it embodies both management […]

Networked Learning Conference presentation: Transforming professional learning through Personal Learning Networks

Posted on May 14, 2018May 15, 2018 by KayO

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 […]

How do you connect?

Posted on January 29, 2018May 25, 2018 by KayO

Following up on my previous post explaining the theoretical underpinnings of personal (professional) learning networks, I have put together a two part vlogcast and created an infographic to capture some of the information I have gathered through my doctoral research exploring how teachers experience professional learning through personal learning networks. My findings have revealed the […]

Making Your Practice Public: the special sauce of professional learning!

Posted on May 17, 2016 by KayO

During my studies, I have been reading a lot of research about what makes professional learning effective. Professional learning is something that governments, education systems and schools invest a lot of money in, and so as you can imagine, there is quite a lot of research about what ‘works’ and what doesn’t. In fact, there […]