This document discusses trends in online digital communities and networks. It explores how technology has changed how people interact and participate together. Communities can take many forms like networks, communities of practice, or independent learners. Emerging roles for people online include community leaders, technology stewards, and network weavers. The document also examines tensions between individual vs. group participation and interacting vs. publishing online. It provides examples of tools that can address these tensions and help people participate in online communities.

1. 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

2. http://technologyforcommunities.com/

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

5. Fly with the flock?

6. Roam the network?

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

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

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

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

13. Learning Communities Knowledge Networks Communities of Practice Online Communities Independent Learners

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

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

19. So…what are the practices ?

20. Polarities

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

22. community time community space shifting engagement….

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

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

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

26. INDIVIDUAL GROUP

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

28. Togetherness Separateness Interacting Publishing Individual Group

29. 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

30. Orientations

31. 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

33. … 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

34. 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 …

35. … 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

36. 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

37. So what?

38. http://www.technologyforcommunity.com http://www.fullcirc.com Tag: technologystewardship http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgommel/138167164/

39. 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