How Diverse is my existing PLN?
My current PLN shows diversity in terms of what type of application is used for what reason. In terms of professional and personal use, I feel I have evidently shown inclusivity for each application. This is shown in institutional, I chose Google docs, google, uvic, bright space, PsycINFO, web of science, etc. Each of these different applications is used differently for being a student in an institution. In terms of personal use, there is some overlap between apple books, interest, Reddit and Instagram, etc, which allows a social space not only for me to express personalization but also express individualism compared to the public. The opportunity to express individualism is also shown in a space where posting, shows personality, and how despite being a part of an institution my interest overlaps with my current career path. Lucky for me!
In your PLN, are you learning from a variety of voices or are you the loudest in the room？
I definitely feel in my PLN I am learning from a variety of voices and later inferring and finding my voice while using inspiration from these variety of voices.
Do you participate in a silo of information sharing (similar themes or wide range of interests)?
Similar themes really. Which is what is encouraging me to broaden this perspective. Allow this new area, to push me and build on the foundation I have and connect the different dots from these different areas and learning networks.
How can you use a diverse PLN to broaden your views of inclusion?
Accepting other voices, understanding the background, and later implementing with that inspiration a new branch of interest.
In your professional setting of choice, do you think inclusion is actively embraced?
In my current professional setting, I do believe inclusivity is embraced. Opinions and perspectives are equally valued among peers. I believe that that is key in ensuring inclusion is in place.
What is the learning outcome of your PLN and how are you ensuring your exposure to diversity and inclusion?
The learning of my PLN is the information I am constantly exposed to and fed. To ensure diversity and inclusion, I intend to not homogenize my palette to just one source but include LN from different sources of culture, and be exposed to more than those I am used to.
How has your thinking about inclusion and PLN evolved after reviewing the videos and readings?
Listening to Shelley Moore, and reading through Shelley Moore’s Stories through inclusion and diversity, has inspired me to stay patient and consistent. Shelley talked about how the sweet spot of where what you’re good at, how you contribute to the world, what you create/innovate, and what you can make money from is a sweet spot of where occupation lies. This is an example of a Japanese model called the Ikigai. Listening to the interview has reminded me how i/we have all it takes to make it. To prove to ourselves and be successful. The crazy but beautiful thing about being a teacher and a student is that you are always interchanging between roles. So much as you are as a teacher, you are a student.
Everything we experience is an opportunity to learn and grow. This evolving is healthy, it shows growth and being humble. This metamorphosis of how we grow and transform is evident in successful people around the world. Successful between how our personalized learning networks are part of a journey of how we look, the lens we use. The cookies that track, the material that we read and are exposed to are the skeletons of our opinions and paradigm. How our PLN’s act is like a mirror, how we view ourselves, what we choose to be involved with.
When Shelley talked about mentorship, it is indeed true, finding a good mentor is tough, finding someone that can help you through your journey of finding that voice is indeed tedious. A lot of shedding who you are before into what you can be. Always evolving, changing, and growing. In a way it is like always shedding layers of past versions of yourself, the less learned and the most vulnerable into someone stronger, more resilient, and holistically changing for the better.
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