elearnspace › My Personal Learning Network is the most awesomest thing ever!! - 0 views
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What’s important with a PLN is not “what it does for me” but rather how I can use it to change things in education, society, or the world. Learning networks give us potential for action. For many educators, these networks function on a gift-economy basis. We’re involved in a type of social contract where we share freely with others and, in turn, we receive freely from them. Once the sharing stops, the network collapses.
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Facebook friends are the Pesos of friend currency – the numbers look big but are largely useless
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What can you do with and for those people in your PLN? Mobilize for a cause? Run an open course? Create something of significance (an image, a video)
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What's important with a PLN is not "what it does for me" but rather how I can use it to change things in education, society, or the world. Learning networks give us potential for action. For many educators, these networks function on a gift-economy basis. ...Creation, collaboration, and sharing are the true value points of a PLN.
