Using technology tools to build intentional connections with others, to pose and solve problems collaboratively, and to strengthen independent thought is key to building digital capacity for teaching and learning. This module explores tools for online collaborations. It offers ways to create and extend professional and personal learning networks (PLNs) through collaborations within, across, and between disciplines.
The learning pathways are as follows:
- Explore: Why collaborate?
- How can I collaborate?
- Annotation as collaboration
- Ways to collaborate
- Communities of practice
- Collaborator activity 1: The power of social networking
- Collaborator activity 2
- Engage: Personal Learning Networks
- Engage: What is a Personal Learning Network?
- Connectivism
- Extend: Cultivating your PLN
- Extend: Cultivating your PLN
- Collaborator activity 3
- Beware of filter bubbles
- Building your PLN
- Empower: Mapping your PLN
- Empower: Mapping your PLN
- Collaborator activity 4
- Reflection
- Module checklist
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Overview
Using technology tools to build intentional connections with others, to pose and solve problems collaboratively, and to strengthen independent thought is key to building digital capacity for teaching and learning. This module explores tools for online collaborations. It offers ways to create and extend professional and personal learning networks (PLNs) through collaborations within, across, and between disciplines.
The learning pathways are as follows: