Blog 6: The benefits of a diverse and inclusive PLN in social media

In today’s digital age, multimedia is a platform for you to learn about others and others to learn about you. Due to the variety of tools and goals available for PLN, not everyone’s PLN looks the same. Everyone’s preferences are different, which leads to different areas of focus. We must build diverse and inclusive PLN to ensure that information is disseminated more broadly and meaningfully.

Building diverse and inclusive Personal learning networks (PLNS) is an important advantage of social media. By interacting with people of different cultures, backgrounds, and experiences, we can broaden our horizons and increase social awareness and cultural sensitivity. A diverse PLN helps communicate information, influence communities, and better understand and support diverse communities.

1. The diverse PLN introduces you to different cultures, beliefs, and life experiences. By interacting with these people, you can better understand their perspectives and needs.
2. By interacting with people from different cultures and backgrounds, you can better understand their needs, concerns, and issues. This will increase your social awareness and cultural sensitivity and help you better understand and support different communities.
3. A diverse PLN can promote innovation and problem-solving, as different perspectives and experiences can inspire new ways of thinking and creative solutions.
4. Diverse voices attract more people, which will help increase your social media presence and make it easier for your message to spread.

Overall, diversity and inclusion PLN help broaden your horizons, increase your social media presence, and enable you to better understand and serve your community. This will help deliver meaningful messages, promote social change, and improve social relationships.

Reference

Moreillon, J. (2016). Building Your PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORK (PLN): 21st-Century School Librarians Seek Self-Regulated Professional Development Online. Knowledge Quest, 44(3), 64–69. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lih&AN=112090464&site=ehost-live

Cathy L. Green, Oklahoma State University. (2020, August 28). Personal Learning Networks: Defining and building a PLN. Pressbooks. https://open.library.okstate.edu/learninginthedigitalage/chapter/personal-learning-networks_defining-and-building-a pln/#:~:text=In%20setting%20up%20a%20PLN,as%20a%20source%20of%20inspiration.