building and sustaining a pln
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Building and Sustaining a
PLNby Eric E Castro
@eecastro
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Why
How
What
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Schools should offer courses that are
• interdisciplinary
• hands-on
• focused on real-world problems
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–John Donne, Meditation XVII, 1624
“No man is an Island, entire of itself”
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Curriculum advice, comparison, and inspiration
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Instructional guidance
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Social-emotional support
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–Richard Tirendi, 1992
“If you’re the smartest one in the room, you’re in the wrong room.”
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Why
How
What
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Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge
Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the
Room Is the Room
Networked knowledge systems include: • Core technologies • Critical
interdependencies • Knowledge engines and
agents • Performative actions
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Metcalfe’s Law
the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the
system
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Ana
log • On-campus groups
• Regional networking opportunities
• Not: a mentorship
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Dig
ital
• email listserv
• Social networks — but not just as a lurker
• Blogging
• MOOCs
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Why
How
What
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On-campus
• Discipline- or level-specific teams
• Topic-based (SBG, 1:1 pilot)
• Cohort-based
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Regional networking
• BAISNet, CUE, NAIS, CAIS, JSN, ad infinitum
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Cohort-based
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Email listserv
• BAISNet
• ISED
• College Board
• Discipline-specific email lists
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Social networks
• Twitter (Follow, list, hashtag-based chats)
• Ning
• Google+
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Blogging
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MOOCs
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What have you done
that’s worked well?