Deanz2008 Stewarding Technology for Learn

Stewarding (technology) for learning: web 2  people 2+ DEANZ 2008 Nancy White Full Circle Associates http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/33556189/in/set-72157594373420115/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/poagao/494418919/

bridges/ bridgers (everywhere)

rules of thumb http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelamcdonald/94766928/in/photostream/

hype & buzz

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gitboy/373784185/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/gitboy/373784185 / The small print…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/33556189/in/set-72157594373420115/ Community… Perspective

The buzz part 1 social learning in a networked world

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynetter/653541864/in/set-72057594139269787/ Photo via Flickr CC www.flickr.com/photos/azlijamil01/231592469/

http://www.plexusinstitute.org/complexity/index.cfm?id=3

Learning Communities Knowledge Networks Communities of Practice Online Communities

From David Wilcox

Many: Networks We: Communities Me: the Individual Personal identity, interest & trajectory Bounded membership; group identity, shared interest Boundaryless; fuzzy, intersecting interests

Informal learning “What happens the rest of the time.” – Marcia Connor http://agelesslearner.com/intros/informal.html

Jay Cross Informal Learning Evangelist http://informl.com/the-informal-learning-page/

George Siemens http://ww w.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm

Rhizomatic Learning Dave Cormier http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=550 A rhizomatic plant has no center and no defined boundary ; rather, it is made up of a number of semi-independent nodes, each of which is capable of growing and spreading on its own, bounded only by the limits of its habitat (Cormier 2008 ). …. In the rhizomatic view, knowledge can only be negotiated , and the contextual, collaborative learning experience shared by constructivist and connectivist pedagogies is a social as well as a personal knowledge-creation process with mutable goals and constantly negotiated premises.

The rhizome metaphor, which represents a critical leap in coping with the loss of a canon against which to compare, judge, and value knowledge, may be particularly apt as a model for disciplines on the bleeding edge where the canon is fluid and knowledge is a moving target .

Thank you, Dave!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aphrodite/66231929/ The buzz part 2 “Web 2.0”

“… it was designed to allow people to work together by combining their knowledge in a web of hypertext documents.” (From Tim Berners-Lee’s Bio)

http://www.go2web20.net/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynetter/483849193/in/set-72057594139269787/

The simplest thing that could possibly work… Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynetter/421323707/in/set-72057594139269787 /

Tech + Social: Technology has fundamentally changed how we can be together

Bridge beyond our curriculum and courses… http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewall/206426067 /

Beyond our classroom traditions… http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewall/206426067 /

Beyond the technology… http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewall/206426067 /

Bridges/ bridgers (everywhere)

community leadership

technology stewardship

Rules of Thumb http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelamcdonald/94766927/

Polarities

TOGETHERNESS SEPARATENESS http://www.flickr.com/photos/angerboy/201582453/

community time community space shifting engagement….

... More and more, knowledge management is going to be about reducing the cost of, and simplifying the process for, letting someone watch what you do. Nonintrusively. Time-shifted. Place-shifted. Searchable. Archivable. Retrievable.

http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/08/14/facebook-and-the-enterprise-part-5-knowledge-management/ JP Rangaswami

http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldcafe/227358678 / INTERACTING PUBLISHING

Vocabularies, tools, concepts, methods, stories, papers, pictures, reports… Conversing, experimenting, practicing, learning, planning…

INDIVIDUAL GROUP

Designed for groups, experienced as individuals Does not imply homogeneity Multimembership Attention

Togetherness Separateness Interacting Publishing Individual Group

An echo to the DEANZ theme?

my place

my space

my learning

my/ our place

my/ our space

my/ our learning

Orientations

Orientations Community activities oriented to … … meetings … context … community cultivation … access to expertise … projects … open-ended conversation … content publishing … individual participation … relationships © 2006 Wenger, White, and Smith

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dsevilla/189528500/in/set-1368427/ Emerging roles…

community leaders

technology stewards

network weavers

enable people to…

discover & appropriate useful technology

be in and use communities & networks (people)

express their identity

find and create content

usefully participate

“ Practices are the source of curriculum.” Etienne Wenger

technology

stewards

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dani3l3/364684710/ “ Technology stewards are people with enough experience of the workings of a community to understand its technology needs, and enough experience with technology to take leadership in addressing those needs…

Stewardship typically includes selecting and configuring technology, as well as supporting its use in the practice of the community.” Wenger, White and Smith, 2007

addressing inherent community tensions Tools Group asynchronous discussion boards teleconference chat instant messaging member directory wiki blog telephony/ VoIP individual profile page e-mail e-mail lists scratch pad RSS “ new” indicators subscription podcast content repository presence indicator buddy list security Q&A systems RSS aggregator newsletter calendar videoconference application sharing whiteboard site index participation statistics search subgroups personalization community public page version control document management UseNet content rating scheduling polling commenting networking tools tagging bookmarking shared filtering geomapping www.TechnologyForCommunities.com Etienne Wenger Nancy White John Smith Individual Interacting Publishing synchronous Group asynchronous

… meetings … access to expertise … context … community cultivation … projects … open-ended conversation … content publishing … individual participation … relationships © 2006 Wenger, White, and Smith Community activities oriented to … Course

Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Central Blog External Reader External Reader RSS FEED Reader Reader Reader Reader Reader Reader Reader Reader Reader Reader Reader Reader External Reader Roster Syllabus Schedule Course

Support Community … meetings … access to expertise … context … community cultivation … projects … open-ended conversation … content publishing … individual participation … relationships © 2006 Wenger, White, and Smith Community activities oriented to …

Forums Directories Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Social networking tools Support Community

… meetings … access to expertise … context … community cultivation … projects … open-ended conversation … content publishing … individual participation … relationships © 2006 Wenger, White, and Smith Community activities oriented to … Edubloggers’ network

Edubloggers Community my arise between the blogs around shared interest Edublogger #2 Edublogger #3 Edublogger #1

community leaders

(or do I mean facilitators?)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/christait/498443641/in/set-72157600192751750/

From Dave Lee’s 4-L Model http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcleesfo/164496007/ by Dave Lee

Gilly Salmon’s 5-Stage Model http://www.atimod.com/e-moderating/5stage.shtml

From: 2005 Wing Lam, Alton Chua, Jeremy B. Williams and Cecelia Lee Virtual teams: Surviving or thriving? http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/brisbane05/blogs/proceedings/41_Lam.pdf

paths/patterns of connection

guests

field trips

identification of related groups and networks

peer assists http://www.saea.uottawa.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=682&Itemid=649

In doing, we learn. George Herbert participation through activities:

control  engagement

stages of development  adaptation

prediction  uncertainty

clear goals  no end in sight

consensus  diversity

resistance  attractors

Thanks to Keith McCandless

http:// appreciativeinquiry .case. edu /uploads/complexity_interviews_ ai . pdf

Oh, this is COMPLEX!

network weavers

TWITTER

http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com /Twitter+Collaboration+Stories

ODI: 6 Network Functions

Filters

Amplifyers

Convenors

Facilitators

Investors

Community builders

http://www.odi.org.uk/Rapid/Projects/PPA0103/Functions.html

identity

side note: me online today

profiles

portfolios w/ meaning outside of a course

reputation

content http://www.flickr.com/photos/frankfarm/281433729 /

content creation…

Tagging

http://www.flickr.com/photos/assbach/253218488/ SEARCH

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/2312541719/

Enable people to…

discover & appropriate useful technology

be in and use communities & networks (people)

express their identity

find and create content

usefully participate

Challenges

Time

Swiftly changing technology

Language and culture

Learning preferences

Swiftly changing context

Understanding our roles

researchers

eLearning practitioners

elearning organizations

decision & policy makers

stewards & leaders

LEARNERS!

Tackling the barriers?

Tickling the edge of organizational change

Can we take a whole systems approach?

Leadership walking the talk

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/418922552/in/set-72157600218310366 / practice, iterate. PLAY!

Epilogue Slides: will be posted on slideshare.net (choconancy) Other stuff: http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com/ http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com/Stewarding+Technology+for+Learning Contact Nancy White nancyw at fullcirc dot com http://www.fullcirc.com