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Personal Learning Networks - How can they play a role in your professional development? Neil Mehta, MBBS, MS Assistant Dean Education Informatics and Technology Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
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Personal Learning Networks - How can they play a role in your professional development?
Neil Mehta, MBBS, MSAssistant Dean Education Informatics and Technology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Learning Objectives• Informal Learning
• What is it? • Why is it important?
• Personal Learning Networks• Are they the same as Communities of Practice?• Why are they important?
• Practical Aspects• Personal Journey and recommendations
Request!
Content-centered vs. Problem-centered Learning
Formal vs. Informal Learning
Formal Non-Formal Informal
Informal Learning Intentional Unintentional
Conscious Self-directed Incidental
Unconscious Integrative Tacit (Social)
Elisabeth Bennett Adult Education Research Conference 2012,
Communities of Practice•Shared passion/interest•Share and interact•Get better•Develop identity •Mutual benefit Persistence of group
Etienne Wenger, 1998
Work Teams CoP Networks
FormalStructuredGoal OrientedStrong Ties
InformalUnstructuredOpportunisticWeak TiesNon-Formal and Informal Learning
Traditional Chrysler Car Development Cycle
Design Engineering Manufacturing Sales
Small Cars
Large Cars
Jeep
MinivanBra
kes
Wipers
Examples in Healthcare?Hospitals&Specialists
Health Professions schools&Subject Faculty
Limitations of CoP?
• Author of "The Filter Bubble• How personalized search might be narrowing
our worldview.
Eli Pariser
Connectivism
• Rapidly changing knowledge• Hyper-connected world Downes 2005, Siemens 2006
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plnVU4xMaJY
My PLN
NeilANM2010
NL2012
VA2013
AJ2014
Curation of Content
Healthcare Hashtags (Symplur.com)
Twitter Lists
Summary of PLN steps• Find Experts
• Hashtags – conferences/topics• Create lists of people to follow• Communities
• Interact• Comments• Ask/answer questions• Share/Post
• Create • Curate content• Blog, feeds, collections
Thank You!
Neil Mehta, MBBS, MS@Neil_Mehta
