Personal Learning Environments and Networks for STEMbrarians
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Personal learning environments (PLEs) allow learners to take control of their own learning through a collaborative and interactive collection of various resources from multiple formal and informal contexts and spaces. PLEs promote continuous learning and consist of personal learning networks (PLNs) that are subsets focused on interpersonal connections where expertise and knowledge are shared collaboratively through synchronous methods like video conferences and asynchronous methods like blogs, RSS feeds, and social media. Developing an effective PLN involves contributing, communicating, connecting with others, and curating relevant information from experts, colleagues, friends and family through conferences, workshops, websites, videos, social networks, books, and apps.
Personal Learning Environments and Networks for STEMbrarians
- 2. 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
- 3. Where do you get your information? • Conferences • Workshops • Websites • Videos • Social Networks • Books • Apps
- 7. WhatMakesupYours? "PLE - personal learning environment" by GretchensFrage via Flickr
- 8. Personal Learning Networks • Subset to a PLE • Inter-personal Connections • Shares Expertise • Collaborative • Social
- 9. 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
- 10. The 4 Cs to PLNs Contribute Communicate Connect Curate
- 11. What Should You Follow? Conference Tweets Blog Posts & Comments Group Discussions
- 12. to be a Lurker!
- 13. 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.
- 14. Who do you get your information From? • Subject Matter Experts • Trainers • Librarians • Bloggers • Coworkers • Friends • Family
- 15. Connectivism Theory Learning is a process of creating connections and expanding that network. Six Degrees of Separation Everyone in the world can be connected to anyone else in under six ways.
- 16. Who Do You Know? Jennifer Hopwood (Me) SMRLA Training Coordinator Kevin Bacon Gretchen Caserotti Meridian Library Director Cen Campbell LittleeLit Founder Sam Eddington ESRL Training Coordinator Make a Connection!
- 17. Why Does it Matter? • Soundboard for Ideas • Source for Answers • Helps to Keep up with Trends
- 18. M i l l e n n i a l C o n n e c t i o n • 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 Across Generations Imageviahttp://colleendilen.com/tag/millennials/
- 19. So Who & What should be in my PLN for STEM?
- 20. LinkedIn’s STEM in Libraries Group
- 23. Gwyneth A. Jones @Gwynethjones thedaringlibrarian.com
- 26. Twitter • STEMfinity @STEMfinity • Stem-Works @Stem_Works • NASA Education @NASAedu • SmithsonianEducation @SmithsonianEdu • Abigail Harrison, Aspiring Astronaut @AstronautAbby # STEM #STEAM
- 27. • Leland Melvin @Astro_Flow • Will.i.am @iamwill #iamSTEAM
- 29. ‘Pin all the Things “ via Kmohman.tumblr.com Organize Discover Inspire Share
- 31. C O P Y R I G H T Responsibility on User Use Pinning Buttons Don’t Use Workarounds
- 32. Jennifer Hopwood MS Library and Information Science BA English & Education @jhopwood80
Editor's Notes
- #30: Pinterest is a fairly young website. Development began in 2009 with the first users participating through invitation-only. Within nine months of the official launch, it already had over 10,000 users. Pinterest is a pinboard-styled photo sharing website that allows users to create theme based collections on various user created topics. Users can search boards created by others or upload their own images to the site. Images can either be original photos or thumbnails that will link back to a bookmarked website. The appeal of Pinterest is that is a very visual service which makes for easy browsing. Pinterest is also one of the latest in web 2.0 websites.
- #31: Here are some tips on using Pinterest. Be courteous in your comments and responses. Use detailed descriptors. You can also use hashtags and tag people in your descriptions to not only make searching easier and to bring a particular pin to someone’s attention. Don’t describe all the steps in your description. Post the source and make sure your image links back to the original webpage. Don’t use Google images! If there is a problem on the website like something not working right or inappropriate content, report it. While certain items are against the user policy, Pinterest does not monitor them all. They rely on users to report problems.
- #32: Look into Carrie Russell’s workshops and publications. She is a frequent speaker on the topic of Copyright in regards to Non-profits, Libraries, and Schools. PLA is hosting one in April.
- #33: My name is Jennifer Hopwood and I will be your instructor for the next ten weeks. We are an asynchronous course which means that we do not meet face to face. So if you need to get in touch with me, I recommend that you email me at my MySJSU email. I do work full time as a library training coordinator so that means that I am not always available via phone. I am pretty much always online and if you send me an email, chances are you will get a quicker response than leaving me a voicemail. We can also schedule office hours in one of the blackboard collaborate rooms if we need to discuss something in further depth.