the connected workplace learning professional
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The Connected Workplace Learning Professional
Please note, you will need a Google Account for the activities in
this course.
Participants in this presentation will understand the concepts of personal
learning networks and creating connections that help us become
exceptional workplace learning professionals.
Becoming a connected workplace learning professional happens as we
come to understand the power of Web 2.0 tools and how to utilize these
tools to produce the knowledge that we need on a daily basis.
Techniques that will be introduced or expanded on will be blogging and
microblogging, social media, digital storytelling, and the social learning
contract.
Let’s begin….
What is a connected WLP?
Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs, online learning communities, learning networks
and other web based tools are helping workplace learning
professionals learn, reducing isolation and providing just in time access
to cutting edge practices, knowledge, collaboration, and more!
Being connected occurs when you utilize Web 2.0 tools to learn,
engage, share, and create in the virtual world.
Your participants are connected!!
Are you connected?
A July 2012 study by Performics revealed that women
spend an average of 9.4 hours per week on their
mobile phone (outside of calls and texts) and men
average 5.8 hours.
Marketing Pilgrim reports that over
80% of Americans use Social Media
monthly.
100,000,000 YouTube videos are viewed each day.
3,000,000 Tweets per day!
2000,000,000 Facebook Users and 1000,000,000 login
EVERYDAY!
Where do I begin?
Become a connected learner.
Connected learners develop personal
learning networks and co-construct
knowledge from wherever they live.
Connected learners collaborate online, use
social media, to interact with colleagues from
around the globe, engage in conversations in
safe online spaces, and bring what they learn
online back their learning spaces.
- Adapted from The Connected Educator
This isn’t a new practice…
Personal Learning Networks used to look like
this…..
And this….
Or this…
And now they look like this….
Your PLN will grow as you create your connections on the web. Developing
a PLN is not a spectator sport. You will be creating and connecting
throughout this workshop. These are habits that will result in a rich and
vibrant virtual PLN.
How do I build may virtual PLN?
We are going to begin exploring six tools that will
assist you in developing your virtual PLN and
becoming connected.
After each introduction will be an exercise that will
allow you to practice with each tool.
While Twitter may have started as a micro-blogging service, it is grown into
much more than simply a tool to type in quick status updates. So when asked
"What is Twitter?", I often describe it as a cross between blogging and
instant messaging, though even that doesn't do it justice.
Put simply, Twitter is social messaging. With the ability to follow people and
have followers.
Twitter in Plain English
First Assignment….
If you are unfamiliar with Twitter view the following tutorial….
Create a Twitter account
Already have an account?
Add learning professionals
@JaneBozarth
@cpappas
Post a tweet….
Not sure what to say? Announce that you are working on this workshop.
Retweet
Update your profiles with your Twitter name so
others can follow you.
Twitter Hashtags – What Are They, Hot To Create
Your Own – by Mari Smith
How to Get the Most Out of Participating in a Twitter
Chat
More Twitter…..
Twitter Chats for Learning Professionals
Discover #hashtag Professional Develompment!
Digital Storytelling
Digital storytelling is simply telling a story using digital tools.
Alan Levine
50+ Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story
5x5 Project
Read more about the project and watch
some examples.
Practical Application:
Consider creating stories versatile enough for
all of the audiences you serve. Creating a
library of digital stories will decrease the
design time for future courses.
Follow the 3 easy steps on the 50 Ways wiki to
get your story online. Outline your story, find
some media, and create your story using an
online tool.
Do you prefer the 5x5 video? Record five 5 second
clips and put them together to create a 25 section
simple vignette. The Video School is a great resource!
Second Assignment: Tell a Digital Story
YouTube was founded in February 2005 and has become one of the most
popular web portals in the world. Allowing users to submit videos and
wade through the massive video section by searching for
keywords, YouTube has taken the idea of viral videos to a new level.
Nearly every cellphone, laptop or point & shoot camera
has a video camera built in. YouTube is a community for
sharing videos. After you make a video, you can upload it
for the world to see. Your video is given it's own link which
you can share. You can also embed your video into
websites, blogs or social networks like Facebook.
Visit YouTube and login with your Google account.
Fill our your YouTube profile.
Record and upload a simple video; introduce yourself and tell us
the biggest aha moment so far during this workshop.
Subscribe to a few channels.
How do I subscribe to channels?
Third Assignment: Create a Video
Fourth Assignment: Become a Blogger
Blogs in Plain English
http://bozarthzone.blogspot.com/
Quick Thoughts
The Learning Circuits Blog
Top 99 Workplace eLearning Blogs
View…
Visit…
Create…
Create a Blog
Write a blog post
Congratulations!
You are now a blogger!
And you are following blogs that are relevant
to your career path.
You are becoming connected!
So many blogs, so little time, correct?
Subscribe to 5 blogs from the Top 99 Workplace eLearning Blogs
Fifth Assignment: Become a Blogger
Sign in to your Google account and start using Google Reader. Here is
a getting started guide.
Go to this page on the K12 Learning 2.0 site and complete the
exercises: Feed your reader by subscribing to feeds and begin
to build an RSS reading habit.
Subscribe to your own blog's feed.
Social Bookmarking
View….
Social Bookmarking in Plain English
Sixth Assignment: Social Bookmarking
Go to www.delicious.com and create an account.
Add the delicious buttons to your browser to make it easy to
add site.
Here is a tutorial to help.
Visit five different sites, use your new delicious
button to bookmark and tag the sites.
Personal Reflection
What personal applications can you think of for using delicious?
Visit the www.plpresearch tag on delicious and
explore some of the links there.
Go to your edublog and write about the
benefits of social bookmarking.
Time for Reflection
It’s time to reflect on your learning during this workshop. Write a post in your
blog and reflect on the what you have learned.
Pick two of these questions to answer:
Which tools do you like?
Which tools have given you trouble or you do not understand.
Did you discover anything about your journey as a connected WLP that surprised
you?
Do you have a hobby or interest that you could see yourself using your
connected WLP skills to get deeper into?
Did you find any tools or skills that you’re inspired to use with your participants?
Which ones and how will you se them in your practice?
Practice the art of being connected and Tweet a link to
your post.
Web Based Resources
Powerful Learning Practice
Connected Educator’s Month
CEM: Starter Kit
BooksBlogs, Wikis, Podcasts
Will Richardson
Digital Storytelling, Second Edition
Carolyn Handler Miller
Thank you!