Slides from a video conference presentation on Technology Stewardship, November 2008

1. Stewarding technology for communities OnLearning Technologies Conference 2008 Nancy White Full Circle Associates http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/33556189/in/set-72157594373420115/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/poagao/494418919/

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

4. Learning Communities Knowledge Networks Communities of Practice Online Communities

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

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

9. What the %&*# is a technology steward? http://www.flickr.com/photos/dani3l3/364684710/ Nancy White Full Circle Associates

10. 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…

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

12. http://www.flickr.com/photos/maykesplana/270819284/

14. http://technologyforcommunities.com/

15. http://www.flickr.com/photos/shannonpareil/107865884/

17. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=137506981&size=o http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulwatson/212446246/

18. http://www.flickr.com/photos/amstrad/29854045/

19. http://www.flickr.com/photos/philwalter/348238734/

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

21. Polarities

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

23. community time community space shifting engagement….

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

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

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

27. INDIVIDUAL GROUP

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

29. Togetherness Separateness Interacting Publishing Individual Group

30. addressing inherent community tensions Group Individual Interacting Publishing asynchronous synchronous 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 interest filter 2007 Etienne Wenger, Nancy White and John Smith

31. Orientations

32. 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

34. … 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

35. 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

36. 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 …

37. … 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

38. Community activities oriented to … … meetings … context … community cultivation … access to expertise … projects … open-ended conversation … content publishing … individual participation … relationships © 2007 Wenger, White, and Smith No image skills Existing relationships Basis for evaluation - motivated Diverse skills/ motivation New to web meetings

39. So what?

40. Yes, this is a blank slide. You know… invisibility!

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

42. http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelrays/354572601/

43. http://www.technologyforcommunity.com http://www.fullcirc.com/weblog/onfacblog.htm Tag: technologystewardship http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgommel/138167164/

44. 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