The article is an analysis of a larger qualitative study examining teachers' use of digital tools and PLNs to engage in self-directed and self-initiated professional learning. Tour (2017) defines a PLN as "informal networks of teachers who interact online for professional purposes" (p. 11).
Tour Identified attributes of the learning that made this forum of learning more appealing to teachers. These attributes include the following: social, personalized, active and reciprocal, ongoing, and blended. The article also does a nice job of illustrating and describing how the teachers engage with their respective PLNs.
Resource:
Tour, E. (2017). Teachers' personal learning networks (PLNs): Exploring the nature of self-initiated professional learning online. Literacy, 51(1), p. 11 - 18.
Tour Identified attributes of the learning that made this forum of learning more appealing to teachers. These attributes include the following: social, personalized, active and reciprocal, ongoing, and blended. The article also does a nice job of illustrating and describing how the teachers engage with their respective PLNs.
Resource:
Tour, E. (2017). Teachers' personal learning networks (PLNs): Exploring the nature of self-initiated professional learning online. Literacy, 51(1), p. 11 - 18.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/lit.12101