How to build a personal learning network online
A collection of tweets from Howard Rheingold and assorted thinkers that offers insight into using the Internet to learn.
- Earlier tonight, I noticed author Howard Rheingold sharing insights into creating a "personal learning network." I found them insightful enough to curate his steps to creating such a network, along with those of some of his followers.
- I met Rheingold for the first time at the Personal Democracy Forum last year. Thoughtful man. He spoke about mindfulness and community online, which are just as pertinent in 2011 as they were in 2010.
- He announced his intentions simply.
- Here are his steps.
@hrheingold Also the fractal branching effect- when you find someone worth following, see who they follow, lather, rinse, repeat. #pln- Great advice, to my ear, and well worth practicing in the new year.
- Rheingold wrote at more length about a PLN last October.
- @hrheingold Also the fractal branching effect- when you find someone worth following, see who they follow, lather, rinse, repeat. #pln
- He also shared an excellent article on the power of Twitter for learning. Over the past three years, I've certainly found it to be useful for that purpose.
The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery | AlwaysOnIt surprises me how many really smart people I meet still doubt the power of Twitter. It seems the urge to be a naysayer of Twitter is really strong for some. I think some of this stems from the early days of Twitter when it was presumed that it was a technology to tell people what you ate for lunch. Twitter never seemed to really take the offense in PR and marketing. I guess it wasn’t in their DNA. Right now the most important role to hire in Twitter would be a seasoned marketing professional who could proactively change the...- For more from Rheingold and his work, visit his website at Rheingold.com.
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