social networks – Linking Learning

Tweets, Threads and a domain of one’s own

Posted on July 14, 2023July 14, 2023 by KayO

As someone who has spent a lot of time reading, researching and reflecting about social media, I felt it was incumbent upon me to join the conversation about the current state of social media even though, like so many, I feel that it is quite frankly a complete mess. After reading Inger Mewburn’s excellent post […]

Out with the old: Using a Twitterchat as a formal learning strategy

Posted on April 16, 2019 by KayO

This semester I am teaching LCN600 Connected Learning, as part of the Master of Education course at Queensland University of Technology. This course explores online connected and networked learning. Students are first challenged to map and analyse a connected learning environment through the lens of the Connected Learning Framework by Ito et.al, (2013). They are […]

Networks, Networking and Network Literacy – Part One

Posted on September 5, 2016September 7, 2016 by KayO

As I continue my research into how teachers experience learning through Personal Learning Networks (PLNs), I am spending a lot of time learning about networks, networking and network literacy. Before the internet became almost ubiquitous in the developed world, to many people the idea of networking may have meant dressing in business clothes, and attending some […]