Online Communities for Learning Together

What is an online community? Communicate online Build relationships Have a purpose “ A community is what members make of it” Nancy White “ Content does not a community make” John Smith Community of Practice Community of Interest Private Public Learning Community

Communicate online

Build relationships

Have a purpose

“ A community is what members make of it” Nancy White

“ Content does not a community make” John Smith

Why online community?

What contributes to success of an online community? Your ideas go here :-)

Your ideas go here :-)

Virtual Tour: …online communities of interest to YOU Educational Technology Users Group BC eLearning Marketplace & Expo SCoPE

Educational Technology Users Group

BC eLearning Marketplace & Expo

SCoPE

Educational Technology Users Group

BC eLearning Marketplace & Expo http://community. bccampus .ca/expo

http://scope. lidc . sfu .ca

There are more! Virtual Schools Society Online Learning Community Team Based Learning Collaborative

BCcampus Shared Services Network of Communities Sandboxes Getting started toolkit & support Optional hosting service Community of Community Enthusiasts Mentoring Share resources and experiences Support and build on resources for newcomers

Network of Communities

Sandboxes

Getting started toolkit & support

Optional hosting service

Community of Community Enthusiasts

Mentoring

Share resources and experiences

Support and build on resources for newcomers

What could we be doing to share and extend Tech It Up activities and resources and continue the dialogue?

Get involved! Contact info http://bccampus.ca [email_address] Some BC Grown Communities http://community.bccampus.ca/ http://scope. lidc . sfu .ca http://knowplace.ca http://bcliteracyforum.ning.com/ http://community.learnnowbc.ca/bced http://www.campusclimatenetwork.org/

Contact info

http://bccampus.ca

[email_address]

Some BC Grown Communities

http://community.bccampus.ca/

http://scope. lidc . sfu .ca

http://knowplace.ca

http://bcliteracyforum.ning.com/

http://community.learnnowbc.ca/bced

http://www.campusclimatenetwork.org/