You've heard the term "lifelong learners" and probably are one! Learning socially has many perspectives to our learning over the long haul. What does it mean to you... for your personal learning or for your professional learning? Let's share some of our strategies for learning and how social makes those better, more distracting, more timely, etc. How do you find the things you learn about? How or with whom do you share what you've learned? Are two heads better than one when it comes to learning?

1. Learning Together
Beth Raney
#2012ACE

2. Social Learning
…learning that takes place at a wider
scale than individual or group learning,
up to a societal scale, through social
interaction between peers. It may or may
not lead to a change in attitudes and
behavior.
(Reed et al., 2010)

3. Social Learning
(1) A change in understanding has taken
place in the individuals involved;
(2) This change goes beyond the
individual and is within social units or
communities; and
(3) Occurs through social interactions
between people within a social
network.
(Reed et al., 2010)

4. What have you
learned recently?

5. Learning
• Where did you learn it?
– Class
– On-line
– Book
– Others
• How did you learn it?
– Structured
– Self-taught

6. Learning Together
• How do you find the things you learn
about?
• What sites do you use for your
learning?
• How do you use social media for
learning?

7. Learning Together
• Who were your mentors?
• Who helped you when you got stuck?

8. Learning Together
• How have you helped others learn?
• How or with whom do you share what
you've learned?

9. Learning Together
• How does learning happen within your
workgroup?
• Who’s in your learning network?

10. Learning Together
• How do we create environments that
foster deep learning?

11. Learning Together
• How do we scale learning together
organization-wide or to all of
cooperative extension?

12. Learn.extension.org
• List of learning opportunities
• Sign in with eXtension, Twitter,
Facebook or Google (Gmail)
• Participate – connect
• Watch recordings
• Sensemaking
• Add your thoughts…
– share your learning

13. Learning Together
makes learning more valuable to all.