Professional Learning Networks: Building a disposition for the future
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This document discusses the importance of developing Professional Learning Networks (PLNs) through digital technologies to keep up with the evolving online social world and expectations of students. It notes that students are highly connected and accustomed to online learning, so educators must harness digital tools like social media to collaboratively share knowledge, disseminate best practices, and engage in continuous learning on a global scale. Developing responsive PLNs through various online platforms can help balance technology-enhanced learning and keep both educators and their practices constantly evolving.
Professional Learning Networks: Building a disposition for the future
- 1. Professional Learning Networks: Building a disposition for the future
- 2. Digital perspectives ‘Technology continually disrupts almost every area of our lives, resulting in constant shifts across all segments of our society’ (Paton, 2018)
- 4. Where our students ARE ✓ Highly connected ✓ Grown up online ✓ Digitally aware ✓ Expectant
- 5. Dynamic and evolutionary online social worlds – higher education has to keep up
- 6. Harnessing digital technology we can develop and sustain responsive Professional Learning Networks
- 7. Dori Digenti – EduBlog (1990s)
- 9. How does it make you feel?
- 12. Ideas for harnessing DT @UclanMidwifery
- 13. Anne Lomax MSc Neesha Ridley BSc Long Kerry Pollard BSc Short Elizabeth Gomez RTP Mercedes Perez-Botella SL Anna Byrom SL Leah Kirk L Megan Blease L Sherrylynne Babolcsay L Rebekah McCrimmon L Carol Mashhadi - LME
- 15. Digital learning environments = online social communities
- 16. “Social media is an emerging, fast growing and important source of insight. There are some 500,000 comments about the NHS in England every week. These data sources can be harnessed to provide a deeper and richer understanding of people’s concerns and interests relating to health services. Using social media can also help to engage a wide range of people who are often already discussing the issues you are trying to address.” (NHS England, 2018, pg46)
- 20. How can we overcome these social media challenges?
- 22. But which social media platform to use?
- 23. Get tweeting……
- 24. (Chin, 2015)
- 25. Tweet chats with @WeMidwives
- 26. ‘Since I have begun to tweet and also write about my research and practice in popular online blogs, the ranking of my papers has shot up…’ Prof Hannah Dahlen
- 32. ‘Social media provides us with a pathway to connect directly, rapidly and cheaply with communities’ (Archibold & Clark 2014)
- 33. Student Staff
- 36. Benefits of Professional Learning Networks: ✓Develop digital literacy ✓Share practice ✓Disseminate knowledge ✓Collaborate ✓24/7 learning ✓Flexibility ✓Stay current ✓Global connectivity
- 38. ‘If you want to go fast, go alone If you want to go FAR, go together’ (African proverb)
- 39. ‘Never doubt that a mass audience of committed citizens can change the world, with the press of a mobile phone ‘send’ button!’