The topic for this past week in #rhizo14 was embracing uncertainty. A familiar topic in my work context. Kimberly Scott, the Director of the Master's Program in Learning & Organizational Change (my professional home), openly tells graduate students to get used to playing in the ambiguity sandbox. We joke about adding a course to the … Continue reading Teaching uncertainly #rhizo14
Tag: Personal Learning Network
#msloc430 class bloggers: Exploring networks, communities and knowledge
This is Blog Post Zero of what I hope will become at least a 6-month, interconnected digital conversation. You can help by contributing to exploration of the questions at the end of this post. #msloc430 Class and Community Between January and June of each year I teach MSLOC 430 - Creating and Sharing Knowledge, a … Continue reading #msloc430 class bloggers: Exploring networks, communities and knowledge
Hand-crafting a greater role for personal learning networks
Personal learning networks should deepen our humanity. That's a half-baked idea, but I think it starts to get at something that has emerged in a few recent conversations I've had with a good friend. This all starts because personal learning networks (PLNs) and their impact within workplaces and education spaces raises a set of questions … Continue reading Hand-crafting a greater role for personal learning networks
Half baked, revisited
I've been thinking a good deal lately about personal learning networks (PLNs) and their relationship to organizational knowledge sharing and collaboration. Or maybe not so much thinking as observing. Observing the emergence of new PLNs. PLNs are the result of an individual being a connected and effective digital, networked learner. For me personally, it's a … Continue reading Half baked, revisited
#msloc430 Twitter chat 3: Describing the value of digital connections in Enterprise 2.0 and personal learning networks
The third of three scheduled Twitter chats exploring the intersection of Enterprise 2.0 and personal learning networks will focus on how we describe the value of digital, networked connections and sharing – for individuals and for organizations. The one-hour chat begins Tuesday, April 30 at 9:30 pm ET (8:30 pm CT/6:30 pm PT). Hashtag is … Continue reading #msloc430 Twitter chat 3: Describing the value of digital connections in Enterprise 2.0 and personal learning networks
Jeff Merrell 