A presentation about Learning Networks and Professional Development.

1. Learning Networks and
Professional
Development
02.09.09

2. Networks are people,
not things.

3. In a learning network, individuals will:
Work toward
answering
common
questions.
Create content
and share-alike.
Leverage the
best learning and
tools available.

4. There is no single network.
Trying to make it so will kill
the network.

5. In a learning network, individuals will:
Create their
own learning.
Make
connections that
are relevant.
Engage in a
community
wherever they
find it.

6. Learning is always
networked.
Connections are valuable.

7. In a learning network, individuals will:
Link to voices of
value.
Embed work
that is
important.
Remix learning
objects at will.

8. The tool is not the
network.

9. In a learning network, individuals will:
Shift tools if they
no longer suit the
needs of the
network.
Tag their content
to aggregate it.
Make content
come to them
with feeds.

10. Networks huddle
around learning.

11. In a learning network, individuals will:
Test ideas and
make sure that
they are viable.
Debate both
process and
products.
Start
conversations,
always.

12. Networks are open.
Web sites are closed.

13. In a learning network, individuals will:
Use API’s
Use web
applications
and web mail
as feeds
Use mobile
devices

14. Wiki and blog are not four
letter words.

15. In a learning network, individuals will:
Collaborate as
an instinct.
Have
conversations
around every
learning event.
Archive all
learning.

16. Learning networks are
Professional
Development

17. Always on.
Always Learning.