Tuesday, March 13  Filtering: A Challenge and Responsibility for
Learning Professionals  In last weeks Learning Circuits, I
explored how I use Twitter as a professional development tool,
and explained how doing so has helped me build a personal
learning network.  Personal Learning Networks (PLN) are, in many
ways, both the past and the future of how people will learn.
Training and formal education are important, but people have
always learned more from sharing with each other informally. 
Technology has finally reached a point where it is no longer a
barrier to this sharing, and can actually amplify it.  The
concept of a PLN is the natural evolution of this, enabling us
to connect, share, and learn with others that historically were
out of our reach. It enables us to reach across the globe as
easily as we historically have peeked over the cubicle wall.
But with the new technologies are new challenges.  I often tell
people about the value of PLNs, and share tips on how to get
started.  I notice a number of t