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• Can your PLN be used to help professional development post-course? If yes, how? If no, what limitations exist?

I think PLN can help professional development after the course. As a student, most of my PLN is composed of classmates and mentors. PLN allows me to express ideas or ask questions quickly and easily, and get a response. In addition, we all have similar courses or come from the same major here, so our future career plans are mostly similar. We can also share and discuss through PLN in future work.

• Can your PLN be relied on to open professional opportunities?

In my opinion, PLN can provide open career opportunities. First of all, PLN is an open network platform. Many people will share and publish content here. Maybe my future work or my boss will also be in it. Besides, I will pay close attention to job information related to my major, which will help me find and select suitable jobs. At the same time, when people publish content and discuss content, they will constantly update their understanding and ideas. Maybe at first, people are confused about their future work direction, but through constant understanding, they finally find the job they want.

•  Explore the video provided and reflect on the themes of a PLN in a professional capacity.

In the video, Brad Baker participated in many activities related to Aboriginal people and anti-racism, and established a health professional network through social media. PLN allows people to pass on their opinions and voices, so that everyone can share and communicate together, making PLN more diversified and inclusive. In addition, PLN has brought benefits to indigenous people and allowed them to reconcile with the public. PLN not only allows everyone to share their lives, but also lets everyone know more facts.

• Which social media platforms are beneficial in education?

I think the more useful social media platforms are social platforms for professional learning, such as Google, MOOC, and NetEase Cloud Classroom. These platforms are relatively professional and authoritative. People can find many learning resources here, including some books and courses from famous school teachers. You can effectively solve the problems encountered in learning, saving time and money. The second is the most commonly used social platforms for our young people, WeChat, Twitter, Facebook, etc. These platforms bring us too much fresh information, where we can chat with friends, share life, and learn about China. All kinds of information outside, and more importantly, we can establish contacts with like-minded people.

• Consider the equality that exists when all have the same platform to engage community dialogues.

In an equal environment, everyone has the right to express their views, so that we can learn from each other and make progress in communication. Secondly, on social platforms, we will not be affected by individual differences, and we can freely express our opinions, thus establishing an effective PLN.

References:

Veletsianos, G., & Couros, A. (2010;2014;). Developing Personal Learning Networks for Open and Social Learning. In Emerging technologies in distance education (pp. 109–128). essay, AU Press.

Miller, J., & Baker, B. (2021, June 10). Brad Baker Edci 338. YouTube. Retrieved November 5, 2021, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5z8iHxW2n4

– How do notable individuals use social media?

I think celebrities usually use social media to promote something or share their lives. Because they all have a lot of fans, they will have a certain impact on those who follow them. Some celebrities will popularize their knowledge in more professional aspects, such as technology, finance, etc., which play a role in learning and communication. And film and television stars are more likely to promote some of their endorsement products in order to make money. Or share their daily lives to let fans know them better and attract a larger number of fans.

– What are the benefits of being in the public eye and having a PLN?

The advantage of being in the public eye is that people have the opportunity to get more information, interact with people they want to reach, and get followers with similar ideas. If you are confused about something, you can share it on social platforms, and someone will provide explanations and ideas to help you understand better. For celebrities, I think they can gain more fans while gaining benefits, which is a very beneficial thing. In addition, people are encouraged and supervised in the public view, just like the blog we publish now. This is our weekly task, and students can supervise and comment on each other.

– Building community with online tools provided by the employer can be limiting, what are the perceived restrictions and benefits?

• The communities established by employers have limitations and benefits.

• First of all, people can easily establish contact with like-minded people, who can communicate and learn from each other and make progress.

• However, because under the influence of employers, people want to express their better aspects, what people know about each other is not the truest side. And because of some restrictions, people cannot speak freely, resulting in poor communication.

– Delivering information in a connected society requires verifiable resources, how to build a PLN to rely on?

In order to establish a reliable PLN, we must ensure that the content we publish is true. We can obtain materials and analyze and summarize materials from multiple academic journals and news reviewed by our peers. We cannot simply read one or two articles. Secondly, when establishing contact with others, we must also carefully examine the background information of others, and contact them after confirming that they are more professional or have a certain degree of authority and recognition.

– How do those, who are veteran storytellers, minimize risk in sharing misinformation?

Experienced storytellers will first conduct in-depth research on the topics they are talking about. When searching for information, they generally judge whether the source is reliable, and at the same time seek advice from professionals in some fields to polish their articles. In addition, they will conduct a lot of screening and reading, choosing the best from many sources.

References

Vance, Jody & Miller, J. “EDCI 338 – 2021 – 03 – 21 JODY VANCE.” 03 Mar. 2021. doi: https://.youtube.com/watchv=dgZOJgJKdyl&feature=youtu.be