One, you shape absolutely everything about it.

You personalize exactly who you want in your network, what you want to share, where you want to engage with people, and what you’re interested in learning about

You also pick the platform.

our PLN is not limited to online interactions, but it is that online, global interactive part that really makes it special.

Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.

Membership therefore implies a commitment to the domain,

he domain is not necessarily something recognized as “expertise” outside the community.

collaborate over an extended period of time

earn how to do it better as they interact regularly

does not require intentionality

he organic, spontaneous, and informal nature of communities of practice makes them resistant to supervision and interference

managers cannot mandate communities of practice

may create communities of practice as a way of maintaining connections with peers.

You respect your teammates and are accountable to your project managers. But when you face a problem that stretches your knowledge, you turn to people like Jake, Sylvia, and Robert. Even though they work on their own projects in other business units, they are your real colleagues. You all go back many years. They understand the issues you face and will explore new ideas with you. And even Julie, who now works for one of your suppliers, is only a phone call away. These are the people with whom you can discuss the latest developments in the field and troubleshoot each other’s most difficult design challenges.

What it is about: its joint enterprise as understood and continually renegotiated by its members How it functions: the relationships of mutual engagement that bind members together into a social entity What capability it has produced: the shared repertoire of communal resources (routines, sensibilities, artifacts, vocabulary, styles, etc.) that members have developed over time.

xplains how Internet technologies have created new opportunities for people to learn and share information across the World Wide Web and among themselves.

any other tool which enables the users to learn and share information with other people.

n connectivist learning, a teacher will guide students to information and answer key questions as needed,

Knowledge is growing exponentially. In many fields the life of knowledge is now measured in months and years.

The amount of knowledge in the world has doubled in the past 10 years and is doubling every 18 months according to the American Society of Training and Documentation (ASTD).

Informal learning is a significant aspect of our learning experience.

Siemens (2005) argues that knowledge exists outside of the learner in technologies that store and organize information.

learner makes connections between concepts, opinions and perspectives accessed through their personal learning network, knowledge emerges and learning occurs

A personal learning network comprises connections between nodes which are information sources stored in a variety of formats, including individuals, groups, communities, ideas, systems and resources

Personalized Learning Network -- the shift in nuance maintains that participants are both personal and professional learners.

A PLN is a tool that uses social media and technology to collect, communicate, collaborate and create with connected colleagues anywhere at any time.

PLNs accept people for their ideas, not their titles.