Oxford Brookes consortium emerge active shared collaborative mobile fluid supported purposeful negotiated trust transparent visible reciprocity identity artefacts styles vocabulary sensibilities ecology routines social presence community project University of Essex consortium sustained communicate active UIDM Elgg toolkit KCL ALT josiefraser.com

Objectives To support the JISC’s forming of an effective and sustainable CoP To provide an appropriate infrastructure and tool kit for the CoP To support the CoP through specific activities To support the JISC in developing the next generation of learning, teaching and administration technologies through the use of the UIDM To support the CoP in understanding the value of the UIDM To support project teams in the use of the UIDM Blended online community facilitation workshops Scenario planning seminars Social software and community tools training events and materials To have fun!

To support the JISC’s forming of an effective and sustainable CoP

To provide an appropriate infrastructure and tool kit for the CoP

To support the CoP through specific activities

To support the JISC in developing the next generation of learning, teaching and administration technologies through the use of the UIDM

To support the CoP in understanding the value of the UIDM

To support project teams in the use of the UIDM

Blended online community facilitation workshops

Scenario planning seminars

Social software and community tools training events and materials

To have fun!

EMERGE Guiding Principles Communities emerge, create and maintain themselves through continual re-negotiation Purpose, goals and values are key to driving the CoP formation (some provided by the JISC) Our role is to guide, support and facilitate community formation and emergence An Appreciative Inquiry led approach is adopted to allow appropriate feedback, guidance and fine tuning.

Communities emerge, create and maintain themselves through continual re-negotiation

Purpose, goals and values are key to driving the CoP formation (some provided by the JISC)

Our role is to guide, support and facilitate community formation and emergence

An Appreciative Inquiry led approach is adopted to allow appropriate feedback, guidance and fine tuning.

Communities Share learning, interests, goals, tasks, values, adversity, place, identity …

Appreciative Inquiry: The 4-D model Positive topic choice DISCOVERY Appreciating ‘the best of what is’ DREAM Envisioning ‘ what could be’ DESIGN Co-constructing ‘ what should be’ DELIVER Sustaining ‘ what will be’

Work Packages Community Development User Engagement CoP Administration CoP Study, Assessment & Evaluation UIDM Refinement UIDM Training & Support UIDM Dissemination, Monitoring & Support Project management

Community Development

User Engagement

CoP Administration

CoP Study, Assessment & Evaluation

UIDM Refinement

UIDM Training & Support

UIDM Dissemination, Monitoring & Support

Project management

WP Structure & Flow Discover Dream Design Deliver WP6: UIDM Training & Support WP5: UIDM Refinement WP7: UIDM Dissemination, Monitoring & Evaluation WP2: CoP User Engagement WP3: CoP Administration WP4: CoP Study, Assessment & Evaluation WP1: CoP Community Development

Management Structure Project Director (George Roberts) CoP Task Manager (Josie Fraser) UIDM Task Manager (Chris Fowler) Assistant, Finance (Marje Bolton) WP5 (Michael Gardner) WP1 (Josie Fraser Rebecca Dean) Assistant (Alison Lealman) WP2 (Steve Warburton) Assistant (Rebecca Dean) WP4 (Rhona Sharpe) WP3 (ALT Marion Samler) WP6 (Isobel Falconer) WP7 (Glenaffric) Steering Board : Director PMs + one project rep 8 Stakeholder Reps Meets 5 times CoP Project Team : meets monthly & monthly audio w/ director UIDM Project Team : meets monthly & monthly audio w/ director

Facilitation of community development Underpinning features Examples of activities A meta-community of purpose community defines own activities Promoting the ‘affinity’ that brings members together mutual engagement, using shared repertoires collective negotiation member profiles blended, flexible, distributed collective inquiry tagging to establish links between members visual mapping of existing communities & interests creation of member run interest sub-groups & meeting places exit strategy skilled human facilitation member created content & scheduled web-workshops purposeful engagement

Underpinning features Examples of activities Facilitation of the UIDM User engagement Transition & decision Technical Development Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Understanding User/Business Needs & Contexts of use Generating ideas, opportunities, & propositions Rapid analysis & prioritisation of ideas Buy or build decisions Requirements Validation High Level Design representations Building Testing Deploying Information gathering Scenario building Stakeholder analysis Brainstorming Mind Mapping Scenario analysis Business modelling Scenario validation Value Attribution Maturity Models Use cases Story boards UML Code testing Component testing System testing Field trials Training Support

Deliverables & Outcomes Adding to e-framework knowledge base: Usage Guides: Training manuals on UIDM; UIDM Heuristics; and UIDM refinements Consistent, valid and valuable contributions from Call II and Call III projects Contributing to a sustainable e-Learning CoP by Building CoP specified tool kits and support mechanisms CoP Hub built on Elgg platform Reporting insights into the development & sustainability of CoP Project guide “blogged” through CoP hub Facilitation of blended sessions and seminars with recorded outputs (websites, guides, project documentation) Scenarios

Adding to e-framework knowledge base:

Usage Guides: Training manuals on UIDM; UIDM Heuristics; and UIDM refinements

Consistent, valid and valuable contributions from Call II and Call III projects

Contributing to a sustainable e-Learning CoP by

Building CoP specified tool kits and support mechanisms

CoP Hub built on Elgg platform

Reporting insights into the development & sustainability of CoP

Project guide “blogged” through CoP hub

Facilitation of blended sessions and seminars with recorded outputs (websites, guides, project documentation)

Scenarios

Competencies Software platform; expertise in software development methodologies; social and community facilitation and support Elgg Financial processes in place to administer reimbursements for time and expenses to participants in the CoP; Familiarity with the institutional and organisational context in which JISC functions ALT (Ms Samler) Educational journalism & blogging; formative evaluation; CoP support skills. Glenaffric Ltd Pedagogy; Web service development; user needs analysis/evaluation; University of Bedfordshire (Dr Atley; Dr Bessis; Mr Venturi; Mr Callard) Pedagogy; Web service development; user needs analysis/evaluation; Glasgow Caledonia (Prof Littlejohn; Dr Falconer & Ms Creanor) Pedagogy; process modelling; e-learning system analysis & design; Web service development; University of Essex (Prof Fowler; Dr Gardner; Ms Van Helvert; Mr Scott) User needs analysis; Managing Successful Programmes; Educational journalism and blogging; Online facilitation; Workshop facilitation; Expert knowledge and understanding of education, research and technology and how that can be used in scenario planning JosieFraser.com (Ms Fraser, Ms Dean) Domain mapping expertise; Educational journalism and blogging; Online facilitation Kings College London (Dr Warburton, Mr Kelly - UKOLN) Direct observation and analysis; Appreciative inquiry; Techniques and approaches that lead to the discovery of local beliefs and perceptions; Scenario planning; Online and workshop facilitation; Expert knowledge and understanding of education, research and technology Oxford Brookes (Mr Roberts, Dr Sharpe, Mr Francis) Competencies & Skills Institution (People)

Inception issues Team and steering group inception meeting week of 12 or 19 February Roles, responsibilities and membership Clarify relationships and support roles: phase 1 “Community of Practice” 03/07 - 08/07 Phase 2 “ Developing Technologies and Implementing and Piloting Potential Solutions” Relationship to wider U&I call (III) and wider JISC Capital Programme Agree detailed timeline and project monitoring plan by 2 March

Team and steering group inception meeting week of 12 or 19 February

Roles, responsibilities and membership

Clarify relationships and support roles:

phase 1 “Community of Practice” 03/07 - 08/07

Phase 2 “ Developing Technologies and Implementing and Piloting Potential Solutions”

Relationship to wider U&I call (III) and wider JISC Capital Programme

Agree detailed timeline and project monitoring plan by 2 March

Oxford Brookes consortium emerge active shared collaborative mobile fluid supported purposeful negotiated trust transparent visible reciprocity identity artefacts styles vocabulary sensibilities ecology routines social presence community project University of Essex consortium sustained communicate active UIDM Elgg toolkit KCL ALT josiefraser.com questions thank you