When I explain the concept behind the Professional Networked Learning Collaborative one of the biggest misconceptions I have to overcome is educators’ understanding of how a network is different than just searching the Internet. Some educators ask, “Isn’t this just a PLC using a search engine?” Or, “You mean using the Internet during a PLC meeting.”
So I thought I would try to explain why the Network is different than just using a search engine, and why, for those of us working in Professional Learning Communities, the network is so powerful.
Search Engine
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The Network
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The Lesson Plan
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The Lesson Designer
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Book
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Author
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Photo
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Photographer
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Data
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Researcher
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Idea
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Innovator
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Music
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Musician
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Invention
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Inventor
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Program
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Programmer
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Historical Event
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Participant who experienced it
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What to do
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Voice of experience that tells you how to do it and why
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Public information
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Behind the scenes
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We have to know what we are looking for
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Anticipates what we need and directs or provides it for us
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Created
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Co-create new knowledge
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Find it
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Attract it
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Algorithm
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Thinking
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Static information that is locked on-line
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Dynamic knowledge that can cross over into touch space
(face-to-face)
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Explicit Knowledge and Information
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Tacit Knowledge and Know-how
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It is the Network and the power of learning, sharing tacit knowledge, and co-creating new knowledge, the “network effect”, that makes a difference for the educators and the students they serve. It is the network that transforms a PLC into a PNLC through multiple PLNs.
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