January 2, 2011

Notes on cultivating a personal learning network

1. Explore -- it's not just about knowing how to find experts, co-learners, but about exploration as invitation to serendipitous encounter.

hrheingoldJanuary 1, 2011 at 18:38
2. Search - Use Diigo, delicious, listorious, to find pools of expertise in the fields that interest you. #pln

hrheingoldJanuary 1, 2011 at 18:39
3. Follow candidates through RSS, Twitter. Ask yourself over days, weeks, whether each candidate merits continued attention #pln

hrheingoldJanuary 1, 2011 at 18:40
4. Always keep tuning your network, dropping people who don't gain sufficiently high interest; adding new candidates#pln

hrheingoldJanuary 1, 2011 at 18:41
5. Feed the people you follow if you come across information that you suspect would interest them.

hrheingoldJanuary 1, 2011 at 18:42
.@hrheingold To find expertise, also use scholarly tool, scholar.google and freeware "Harzing's Publish or Perish" shell of it

barrywellmanJanuary 1, 2011 at 18:41
6. Engage the people you follow. Be polite, mindful of making demands on their attention. Put work into dialogue if they welcome it. Thank them for sharing.

hrheingoldJanuary 1, 2011 at 18:43
7. Inquire of the people you follow, of the people who follow you. But be careful. Ask engaging questions - answers shd be useful to others

hrheingoldJanuary 1, 2011 at 18:44
@hrheingold Also the fractal branching effect- when you find someone worth following, see who they follow, lather, rinse, repeat. #pln

cogdogJanuary 1, 2011 at 18:42
8. Respond to inquiries made to you. Contribute to both diffuse reciprocity and quid pro quo #pln

hrheingoldJanuary 1, 2011 at 18:45