This past week I had an informational interview to expand my personal learning network (PLN) and to gain career insight. A profession that I have always been interested in is counselling, so I reached out to a friend of a friend’s mom who I had heard had been a counsellor for many years. I think…
For this week’s blog post, I wanted to focus on my journey while learning the piano. I was put into piano lessons at five years old, and this was an obligation, not my choice. My parents made the decision for me to learn because my dad is a musician and wanted me to learn an…
Why Instagram? Is Instagram really a Social Learning Platform? I chose Instagram because I wanted to see how this assignment could change my perspective from viewing Instagram as just a social media platform. I wanted to see how a platform I normally use for entertainment and social purposes would be viewed under an educational lens….
Greenwashing, Epistemic Bubbles, and Authentic Inclusion in PLNs For this week’s blog post, I want to focus on greenwashing, epistemic bubbles, and authentic inclusion in PLNs. As a person who studies biology, my Personal Learning Network (PLN) is critical for gathering, evaluating, and sharing knowledge across digital spaces. I want my PLN to help me…
What does technology bring to our attention, and what does it keep out of view? How might that shape what we learn from our PLN? After this week’s readings and videos, I couldn’t help but make a connection between AI and affordances. I think that using AI tools like ChatGPT in one’s Personal Learning Network makes the…
This week I found it very insightful to reflect on how challenging it can be to cultivate a truly diverse and inclusive Personal Learning Network. Building a PLN on social media gives us access to ideas from all over the world, but I believe creating a network that is genuinely diverse and inclusive is a…
This week, I found the Visitors and Residents Mapping Exercise helpful and useful when thinking about my own PLN. Mapping out the different platforms I use and becoming more conscious of how I engage with them gave me a better understanding of my own digital identity. It also feels like a way to take back…
What Exactly Is a Digital Identity? To me, digital identity is the collection of information and activity online that becomes connected to a person. This can include your name, image, posts, comments, interactions, and even content that other people share about you. As Eric Stoller explains, “Digital identity is your footprint on the web.” Stoller’s…
Current Coordinates… As of now, my background with social media for learning and education has mainly come from my university experience and from creating digital projects. As a Biology student with a concentration in neurobiology, I often use visual resources such as diagrams, videos, organized digital notes, PowerPoint, and Canva to better understand complex topics. I am not yet completely…
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