Creating Your Online Learning Network

Anne Adrian eXtension-Auburn UniversityTwitter: @aafromaa

John Dorner, North Carolina State UniversityTwitter: @jdorner

ESP October 2012

 Brought to you by the eXtension Network Literacy CoPwww.extension.org/network_literacy

 What Is a LN?LNs are deliberately formed networks of people and resources capable of guiding our independent learning goals and professional development needs.

 LN Resources

CONVERSATIONSTwitter

FacebookBlog Comments

LinkedInGoogle Plus

CONTENT

BlogsVideos

SlideshowsBookmarks

 Using Twitter For Your LNWhat Is Twitter?Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging tool that allows users to share 140 character bursts of information (tweets). 

How are people using Twitter?News sourceConversationConference trackerMarketing toolKnowledge networkText Messaging 

 Identify people

ColleaguesFriends & FamilyAuthorsBloggersSpeakersMagazinesNews Sites

 Search for them

 Search your address book

 Follow people that are retweeted

 Follow Followers

 Lists you are on

 Search for subjects

 Search using #hashtags

#hashtags are community driven

 Apps

Tweetdeck

Hootsuite

Twitter App - iPhone/Android

Flipboard - iPhone/iPad

 Next Steps

CREATE account if you don't have one

FIND your real life friends/colleagues

SEARCH for others with similar interests

FOLLOW others

SHARE what you discover and learn

http://www.extension.org/people/colleagues/socialnetworks

Creating Your Online Learning Network

Anne Adrian eXtension-Auburn UniversityTwitter: @aafromaa

aadrian@extension.orghttp://www.extension.org/people/aadrian

John Dorner, North Carolina State UniversityTwitter: @jdorner

jdorner@ncsu.eduhttp://www.extension.org/people/jdorner

Abstract

Learning is an individual self-directed process, but learning does not have to be a solitary process. Often it is best done with others. Fortunately, there are many tools you can use to help you continue your learning. Which tools are the right ones for you? Who do you go to to ask your questions? How do you find these people? Many of today’s social media sites make it easy to find the right people and the right information and to share what you know. Google+, LinkedIn, Twitter, Delicious, Diigo, Pinterest, Scoop.It, Slideshare, YouTube, Vimeo, TeacherTube, eXtension Learn, Facebook, StackExchange, WikiPedia, Google Alerts, RSS feeds, and podcasts are just some of the places you can share and learn. 

In this session, we’ll discuss which tool to use for which job and how to find the information that you want.