Note: I wrote this short blog post for the Jive Software community. It was subsequently picked by and republished by DZone. It's my thinking on whether there is in fact some connection between personal learning networks (PLNs) and social business. And very much relevant to an upcoming open, online seminar I am co-facilitating: Exploring Personal … Continue reading The personal pull into social
Some thoughts and partial thoughts as I work through a collection of readings and resources on personal learning networks (PLNs) as they apply broadly to professionals and learners of all types. These readings will be part of Exploring PLNs: Practical Issues for Organizations, an open online seminar I will be co-facilitating this Fall. Alison Seaman … Continue reading Personal learning networks – notes and resources
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
I am going somewhere with this story - so stay with me a minute. I live in Evanston, Illinois - a city just north of Chicago on the shores of Lake Michigan. It's a pretty urban suburb. Lots of restaurants and shops. Home of Northwestern University (where I work). If you live and work here, … Continue reading Hand crafted PLNs
A new academic quarter has just begun and my graduate course MSLOC 430 kicked off last night. 430 focuses on knowledge sharing within organizational settings, but increasingly I have been incorporating more activities and content related to personal learning networks and general digital literacy. Students are all working professionals and share a common interest in … Continue reading #MSLOC430 personal learning networks
Jeff Merrell 