Chapter 6 Connected Educator
Chapter 6 of the Connected Educator discusses implementing a connected learning community. The chapter begins by talking about the importance of whom you follow or connect with when starting a professional network. In order to start a connected learning community you must focus on finding real people with the same interests who are well respected users. Professional networks are laden with fake users it is our responsibility as savvy tech users to be able to spot and recognize fake profiles so we do not clutter our network with fake users. Although many of these connected learning communities "are what you make them", there are many people on these networks who are passionate about learning and are looking to connect, share, learn and grow.
After connecting with other professionals in your field you must share information and find ways to engage in discussions and frequent communication to establish relationships and knowledge. These learning communities allow you to find a "friend" who is passionate in the same field as you that you can share and learn with, even though they live thousands miles away. In the chapter David Lee categorizes four self selected roles Linking, Lurking, Learning and Leading. Lee claims people who are Linking are educators who visit occasionally to take information and do not participate. The next role is Lurking these users visit connected learning communities but do not frequently share although they do listen and learn from others on the network. Following lurking are community members who are described as Learning these are active members in learning communities who share and learn equivalently. The most important users on these forums are those who are Leading, these educators are heavily committed to connected communities and dedicate time and energy to keeping connected communities active and running.
It is your option to decide if you want to be in these connected
learning communities. I believe the more active participants on these
networks the faster we can grow. This chapter relates to my career as
many things in finance are changing and with a group of connected
professionals we may be able to understand the markets and help to
better predict changes. With groups of professionals connecting to share
financial problems and predictions of the markets, allowing them to be cross examined and
analyzed by others can allow for a good idea to be recognized or a bad
idea to be caught.
Finally I think that we need more finance related learning communities that are easy to access and are friendly to newcomers of connected learning communities.
After connecting with other professionals in your field you must share information and find ways to engage in discussions and frequent communication to establish relationships and knowledge. These learning communities allow you to find a "friend" who is passionate in the same field as you that you can share and learn with, even though they live thousands miles away. In the chapter David Lee categorizes four self selected roles Linking, Lurking, Learning and Leading. Lee claims people who are Linking are educators who visit occasionally to take information and do not participate. The next role is Lurking these users visit connected learning communities but do not frequently share although they do listen and learn from others on the network. Following lurking are community members who are described as Learning these are active members in learning communities who share and learn equivalently. The most important users on these forums are those who are Leading, these educators are heavily committed to connected communities and dedicate time and energy to keeping connected communities active and running.
It is your option to decide if you want to be in these connected
learning communities. I believe the more active participants on these
networks the faster we can grow. This chapter relates to my career as
many things in finance are changing and with a group of connected
professionals we may be able to understand the markets and help to
better predict changes. With groups of professionals connecting to share
financial problems and predictions of the markets, allowing them to be cross examined and
analyzed by others can allow for a good idea to be recognized or a bad
idea to be caught. Finally I think that we need more finance related learning communities that are easy to access and are friendly to newcomers of connected learning communities.
I appreciate your point of view within your post. It broaden my perspective on how we need to know who we are connecting to and how they impact our career or even us as a person. The people we follow often become a work "friend" who we can borrow and share ideas with to benefit both people. You are correct when you say the more people we have in a connection, the faster it we can expand. I believe this tool will be very beneficial in your career and I have gained a new perspective from it as well. What other social platforms do you think you could use in your career? Will they benefit you as much as this one might?
ReplyDeleteI am unsure what platforms will be essential in my career. But if I had to guess I would say the news and finding an unbiased source of information to tract trends and try to follow the movement of the financial markets.
DeleteHey Gregory,
ReplyDeleteI have heard that going into finance can be intimidating to newcomers so I like how you added at the end that there should be more learning networks that would treat such newcomers nicely. This chapter maps out how networks are extremely useful and I feel like in finance a complex and large network could help people really succeed in that field. Old experienced members of the field could help newcomers and share with them tricks of the trade right as they transition into this profession. That would only serve to be beneficial with both parties because the newcomer would be receiving helpful information and the experienced person would have a sense that they helped somebody for the better.
Hi Greg,
ReplyDeleteYou mentioned the network is laden with fake users. How do you think we may be able to decimate between good users and bad users? Sometimes it's a little difficult to tell the difference. I also agree that there is a lack of Finance related communities. I appreciate the open perspective of your post.