1. Finding People To Learn From
Bob Bertsch
Web Technology Specialist
NDSU Ag Communication

2. Formal education is bricks and mortar,
social learning is clouds and streams
http://stephenwhart.com/quotes/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnsc/2768391365/

3. What is a learning network?
a deliberately formed network of people and
resources capable of guiding our
independent learning goals and professional
development needs.

4. Content Commentary Research Experience Conversation
Experts Colleagues Friends
Filter Filter Filter
Filter Filter
Creation
Curation
Sharing
YOU
Adapted from “Creating a Personal Learning Network,” http://www.slideshare.net/corinnew/creating-a-personal-learning-network-5016387

5. My learning network?
Content Social Curation
Zite Twitter Diigo
Flipboard Facebook Pinterest
Google Google + Scoop.it
Reader
Google
Alerts

6. Power/value of network
• Exposure to incidental information
– You don’t know what you need to know
• Asking questions
• Connectedness
• Awareness of trends
• What are others doing / talking about

7. • Exposure to incidental information
– You don’t know what you need to know

8. • Asking questions

9. • Connectedness

10. • Awareness of trends

11. • What are others doing / talking about

12. How to find people
• Start with who you already know
• Connections:
– Who follows you?
– Who do they follow?
– Who follows them?
– Who do they retweet?
– Look at lists

13. • Start with who you already know

14. • Who follows you?

15. • Who do they follow?

16. • Who follows them?

17. • Who do they retweet and repin

18. • Look at lists

19. • Look at lists

20. • Look at lists

21. Outside the network
• Speakers at conferences
• Authors
• Business cards
• Email signatures

22. Find by topic
• Hashtags (e.g., #netlit, #mfln)
• Search
• Websites
• Subject matter experts

23. Search for Topics on Twitter
• Go to twitter.com
or
search.twitter.com
• Type a topic in the
search bar
• Use the “Tweets”
tab for people who
have tweeted the
term

24. Search for Topics on Twitter
Check for better search results by using a hashtag.
• Hashtags are a community-driven convention for
adding additional context to tweets.
• You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word
with a hash symbol: #hashtag.
• Hashtags were developed as a means to create
"groupings" on Twitter, without having to change
the basic service.

25. Your activity matters
• If you are active in online networks, and
engage with others, interesting people will
find you.
• For example:
– @JerryBuchko and Military Families Learning
Network and Network Literacy

26. Search for Topics on Twitter

27. Harold Jarche – www.jarche.com

28. Connect With Me:
• Twitter - twitter.com/ndbob
• Facebook - facebook.com/bobbertsch
• Google+ - gplus.to/ndbob
• LinkedIn – www.linkedin.com/in/bobbertsch
• Pinterest –pinterest.com/ndbob/
• Scoop.it – scoop.it/bob-bertsch
• Email – robert.bertsch@ndsu.edu