Online Digital Habitats (or it is all still pizza?) Corporate Learning Trends and Innovations 2008 Nancy White Full Circle Associates http:// http://www.flickr.com/photos/baratunde/2837373493/ http

http://technologyforcommunities.com/

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

Fly with the flock?

Roam the network?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/luc/1824234195 / Network? http://www.flickr.com/photos/nubui/2373999868/ Group?

http://gapingvoid.streetcards.com/streetcards_pz2.php?uploading=0&card_id=1558

http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/004550.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maisonbisson/109211670/ Where are the boundaries between networks and communities and does it matter ?

"The positive development of a society in the absence of creative, independently thinking, critical individuals is as inconceivable as the development of an individual in the absence of the stimulus of the community." Albert Einstein “ Power does not reside in institutions, not even the state or large corporations. It is located in the networks that structure society.” Manuel Castells

"The positive development of a society in the absence of creative, independently thinking, critical individuals is as inconceivable as the development of an individual in the absence of the stimulus of the community."

Albert Einstein

“ Power does not reside in institutions, not even the state or large corporations. It is located in the networks that structure society.”

Manuel Castells

Learning Communities Knowledge Networks Communities of Practice Online Communities Independent Learners

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

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

enable people to… discover & appropriate useful technology be in and use communities & networks (people) express their identity find and create content usefully participate

discover & appropriate useful technology

be in and use communities & networks (people)

express their identity

find and create content

usefully participate

community leaders technology stewards network weavers

community leaders

technology stewards

network weavers

Which of these roles do you find yourself playing? community leader technology steward network weaver I just participate!

Which of these roles do you find yourself playing?

So…what are the practices ?

Polarities

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

community time community space shifting engagement….

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

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

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

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

… 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

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 …

… 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

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

So what?

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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