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…