Since my Learnstreaming post, Harold Jarche has added another interesting piece to learnstreaming.  Harold says that learnstreams are the water that allows learnscapes to grow.  I like this addition and have developed it a little further.

Learnstreams have 3 major actions that are required to keep the learnstream healthy for use within the learnscape.

Inputs (listening) – how we listen to the learnscape. We listen using multiple devices and have control over some of the content entering our stream.  Here are a few listening devices:

Filtered – content entering your stream where you have defined some form of criteria for entry:

• RSS Type (e.g., Google Reader, Lazyfeed)
• Alerts (e.g., Google Alerts, Backtype)
• Social streams (e.g., Twitter, Facebook)
• Off line – (e.g., Person to Person, books, TV)

Unfiltered – content entering your stream where you have less control and choice of entry (e.g., e-mail, voice mail)

Purifiers (thinking)- how we process, refine and create content.  This is where we apply thinking processes (e.g., critical and creative thinking, communication) to existing content or we create new content. 

Outputs (speaking) - this is how we speak into the learnscape and is based on many factors including:

• Responses to: conversations, blog posts, social streams
• Releasing new content (e.g., blog posts, white papers, video, audio)

If you have further insights or inputs, please let me know.

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