This week we looked at Personal Learning Network.
I looked at LinkedIn and saw staff I knew from the library on it, I liked the ACU profile. LinkedIn has less information than other social networking sites which is a plus for me. I can see it would be a great tool to build an online professional profile that features your experience and skills.
I also like the job searching aspect of it and the opportunity to connect with others in a professional setting.
My PLN is not something I have given a lot of thought to up to this point, which is something that I would like to change, I have always been a stay in the background type of person but I think in this competitive society we are currently in I will need to put myself out there more and starting with something like LinkedIn is a good idea.
Good post! And building and nuturing your PLN depends on what you want to do, and where you want to be? There is nothing wrong with being in the background- I am a lurker in some things. But if you do want to develop your PLN, have a think about the tools and tech that we have looked at- and what might suit you?
ReplyDeleteMy PLN is very much developed and enhanced by RSS feeds to blog posts and Twitter (although I am definitely going through a non-Twitter phase at the moment!!)