Peter Newbury Center for Teaching Development, UCSD ctd.ucsd.edu 26 February 2014

1. resources: ctd.ucsd.edu/programs/weekly-workshops-winter-2014/
CTD WEEKLY WORKSHOPS:
BUILDING YOUR PERSONAL
LEARNING NETWORK WITH
Peter Newbury
Center for Teaching Development,
University of California, San Diego
pnewbury@ucsd.edu
@polarisdotca
ctd.ucsd.edu
#ctducsd
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
12:00 – 12:50 pm Center Hall, Room 316

2. New ideas…
The very idea that there are online communities in
which you have digital identities is
 new – when did you first see your name online?
 rapidly changing with advancing web speed and
technology
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3. 1. benefits
2. online
environment
3. how you
represent
yourself
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4. how to
participate

4. Benefits to being online
When you’re online, you can be a
learner
contributor
expert
teacher
leader
consumer
novice
mentor
mentee
supportive
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follower
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vulnerable

5. Benefits to being on Twitter
 “backchannel” at conferences #scio14
 weekly chats #phdchat moderated by @NSRiazat
 hashtags = keywords to
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help others find your tweets #icanhazpdf
follow and contribute to a chat/topic #flipclass
connect to communities #altac #ripplesofdoubt
follow breaking news #Ukraine
 connect with people who share your interests
 connect with people not like you: diversity is an asset
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6. For me…
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I am no longer alone at conferences
I fulfill my obligation to share conf with others
I have colleagues around the World
my followers support me when I’m unsure what to do
my followers came with me with I moved
Twitter is my Google
news source, esp breaking
I can share my knowledge, advice, experiences
I can connect people
Building your personal learning network (PLN)

7. 2. Online Environment
…is a “networked public” with
 multiple, overlapping global networks
 always accessible
 people, events, knowledge are visible, traceable, searchable
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8. 3. How to represent yourself
Each of us have a digital identity which represents us in
the online environment.
Each of us leaves a digital footprint.
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9. Context Collapse
“The audience you’re speaking to is not the only
audience that’s hearing you”
Bonnie Stewart @bonstewart
Context collapse is that moment when your networks
and identities overlap in unexpected ways, both good
and bad.
Be aware that it will happen.
With foresight, the good hugely outweighs the bad.
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10. 4. How to participate
Twitter
pinterest
blog
Google+
facebook
…and many, many others
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11. Good investment: Twitter + blog
Twitter (twitter.com)
 “water cooler”
 the best street party you’ve ever
been to
Twitter
blog
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(Wordpress) blog (wordpress.com)
 a place to archive your thinking
 write it for yourself, share it,
people will contribute back
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12. Let’s get
started!
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14. name people will see in your bio
1 Twitter acct per email address
your @ handle
no, thanks, Big Brother
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15. avatar
name
handle
bio
location
want more?
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16. people I follow
people who follow me
my tweets
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17. How to Tweet
tweet
RT
RT w comment, MT
@reply
D DM
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18. Accessing Twitter via twitter.com
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19. Accessing Twitter via twitter.com
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20. Accessing Twitter via Twitter App
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21. Accessing Twitter: Option 2
1. create lists of people
2. use software to browse lists
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desktop: Tweetdeck
smartphone: Hootsuite
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22. Benefits to being online
When you’re online, you can be a
learner
contributor
expert
teacher
leader
follower
consumer
novice
mentor
mentee
supportive
vulnerable
It takes time, motivation, dedication to build and
maintain a personal learning network.
The investment is worth it.
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