A bonsai method to building your personal learning network, presented at CSU's #docfest in Wagga Wagga, June 2014.

1. BONSAI
NETWORKING
Prune your
personal
learning network
Joyce Seitzinger
DocFest
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2. JOYCE SEITZINGER
@CATSPYJAMASNZ
@ACADEMICTRIBE
#CSUDOCFEST

3. JOI ITO
“I
don’t
think
educa0on
is
about
centralized
instruc0on
anymore;
rather,
it
is
the
process
[of]
establishing
oneself
as
a
node
in
a
broad
network
of
distributed
crea0vity.”
@joi
hEp://www.ny0mes.com/2011/12/06/science/joichi-­‐ito-­‐innova0ng-­‐by-­‐the-­‐seat-­‐of-­‐our-­‐
pants.html?_r=0

4. Copyright @gapingvoid

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7. ABOUT THE TOOLS

8. ABOUT THE PEOPLE
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9. Everyone has the same building blocks…
…but how do you put them together?
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Community
/ Hub
Information
Streams
Portfolio Curation

11. THE AIM OF BONSAI
“to
produce
small
trees
that
mimic
the
shape
and
style
of
mature,
full-­‐size
trees.”
“The
purposes
of
bonsai
are
primarily
contempla;on
(for
the
viewer)
and
the
pleasant
exercise
of
effort
and
ingenuity
(for
the
grower)”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonsai

12. • Where do you keep track of your digital
files and resources?
• What are restrictions/benefits?
• How safe and transferable are your
collections?
• Do you share collections with others?
Why or why not?
• Who is your audience/ community?
• Where do you keep your work?
• Is it digital or analog?
• Private or public?
• What shareables have you got?
• What shareables would suit you?
Podcasts, graphics?
• Frequency
• Which platforms do you
use for your information
streams?
• What are advantages/
disadvantages?
• Can they act as ‘feeders’?
• Who are you connected
to?
• Which tools do you use
to communicate with
your community?
• Are the tools public or
private?
• What are advantages or
not?
• Use a professional
avatar or personal?
Both?
• How much do you share
about you?
• How easily are you
found?
Conversation
/Hub
Information
Streams
CollectionsPortfolio
You

15. • Where do you keep track of your digital
files and resources?
• What are restrictions/benefits?
• How safe and transferable are your
collections?
• Do you share collections with others?
Why or why not?
• Who is your audience/ community?
• Where do you keep your work?
• Is it digital or analog?
• Private or public?
• What shareables have you got?
• What shareables would suit you?
Podcasts, graphics?
• Frequency
• Which platforms do you
use for your information
streams?
• What are advantages/
disadvantages?
• Can they act as ‘feeders’?
• Who are you connected
to?
• Which tools do you use
to communicate with
your community?
• Are the tools public or
private?
• What are advantages or
not?
• Use a professional
avatar or personal?
Both?
• How much do you share
about you?
• How easily are you
found?
Conversation
/Hub
Information
Streams
CollectionsPortfolio
You

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17. Artefacts Discovery Selection Collection Sharing
The social curation process
Social
cura0on
is:
“the
discovery,
selec0on,
collec0on
and
sharing
of
digital
artefacts
by
an
individual
for
a
social
purpose
such
as
learning,
collabora0on,
iden0ty
expression
or
community
par0cipa0on.”
Seitzinger,
2014,
Networked
Learning
Conference
Proceedings

18. Artefacts Discovery Selection Collection Sharing
The social curation process

19. • Where do you keep track of your digital
files and resources?
• What are restrictions/benefits?
• How safe and transferable are your
collections?
• Do you share collections with others?
Why or why not?
• Who is your audience/ community?
• Where do you keep your work?
• Is it digital or analog?
• Private or public?
• What shareables have you got?
• What shareables would suit you?
Podcasts, graphics?
• Frequency
• Which platforms do you
use for your information
streams?
• What are advantages/
disadvantages?
• Can they act as ‘feeders’?
• Who are you connected
to?
• Which tools do you use
to communicate with
your community?
• Are the tools public or
private?
• What are advantages or
not?
• Use a professional
avatar or personal?
Both?
• How much do you share
about you?
• How easily are you
found?
Conversation
/Hub
Information
Streams
CollectionsPortfolio
You

20. PORTFOLIO STARTER FOR 10 – YOUR SLIDES

21. PRUNE
YOUR
ROOTS
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22. CONTAINMENT
• What
topics
have
your
interest?
• Will
your
PLN
be
personal,
professional
or
both?
• Research,
teaching,
personal
learning
or
all
of
the
above?
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23. PRUNE ROOTS & BRANCHES REGULARLY
• Review:
do
these
topics
s0ll
have
my
interest?
• Have
new
topics
or
groups
come
into
my
PLN?
• Have
new
tools
emerged?
Should
I
stop
using
some
tools?
• Talk
with
other
prac00oners…
“Listen
to
the
tree,
it
tells
you
where
it
wants
to
go.”
(Anon.)

24. CONTEMPLATION
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25. Grow
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GROW

26. Joyce Seitzinger
@catspyjamasnz
@academictribe
joyceseitzinger@gmail.com
academictribe.co
Let’s talk!