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...
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...
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...
PLN Participation Project Update No. of Tweets 45 No. of Followers Gained 2 No. of People I started following 15 No. of Blogs/Feeds added to Reader 5 Participation in my PLN has been slightly less over the last...
During the last couple of weeks in the CCK11 open course, I’ve looked at Network Theory and Connective Knowledge. The readings from Week 3 about Connective Knowledge made me think about what it is I want from participating in the course. Basically, by my taking this course I aim to...
As promised, I will begin with a little summary of my PLN activity over the last fortnight… No. of Tweets 65 (Total since July 2010 – 259) No. of Followers Gained 2 (Total – 44) No. of People I started following...
The past week has marked my first in the CCK11: Connectivism & Connective Knowledge course. As the post title suggests, in the words of Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy, the theory is “heavy”; that was my first impression as I worked my way through the readings...
So my abstract for the New Librarians’ Symposium (2011) is submitted. But first, a little background…. I noticed over the last few months my Personal Learning Network had started to gain momentum, both in growth and strength. After looking back at my blog reading and Twitter participation, I realised that...