There is a method to my madness. The ‘madness’ being 1) my commitments, and 2) how I manage to juggle, participate in them all and achieve progress to (some varying degrees of) success. Purpose. It’s what I find in everything I do. A purpose brings accountability. A purpose allows for...
In anticipation of the upcoming ‘blog every day of June’ challenge, I thought I’d keep aside some post ideas for now. Goodness knows I’ll need them! So for this PLN project update, I’ll share some recent reads which have prompted thought and (quite) a bit of pondering. 1. iLibrarian –...
A recently new follower on Twitter who is keen to learn more about PLNs contacted me last week, after being referred by another in my PLN who knew about my current research in PLNs and Connectivism. The final paper for the New Librarians’ Symposium has been submitted, so there’s no...
Two months ago I set some goals for myself, some boundaries or rules if you will, to help maximise my time and take care of myself during the university semester. Inspired by “FreeStyle Mind” and the blog post “30 Habits that will Change your Life”, here are my list of...
Amidst attempting to work up some “headspace” momentum for writing my NLS5 paper, I thought I’d write my fortnightly post for the project…. During my literature review for the paper, I drew yet another link between the theory of Connectivism and the PLN concept. The “Principles of Connectivism” by George...
A few weeks ago I sent out a tweet to my personal learning network – “PLN & PLE – Same thing? Or different? What do you believe to be definitions for these terms? Any opinions or thoughts?” The reason for this is because during my literature review for my NLS5...
A recent topic in my LIS masters studies introduced me to Information Architecture. It’s not that I didn’t know it existed, but finally a name (other than appearing out of place to my colleagues with the “librarian” label) to an information practice I could potentially do in the corporate information...
What an exciting achievement…. Whooooaa! Hooooooo!!! Yippeeee!!! Woot! Woot! I had to do that, and now its over with. Thank you for bearing with me. I’ve never written a conference paper or presented before, so the New Librarians’ Symposium (NLS) this year will be a significant milestone for me as...
This past week marked the first of Semester 1, 2011 of my Masters course in Library and Information Science at Queensland University of Technology. This is my third semester, completing the course part time. The main issue I’ve had in the past is expecting too much from myself. Since last...
PLN Participation Update Number of Tweets for fortnight 118 Number of Followers gained 3 Number of People I started following 4 Number of Blogs/Feeds added 1 I’ve started to notice changes in my PLN participation over the last month or so. These changes are mainly attributed to:- increased familiarity with...
