1. Created by
• Free resource funded by CIC and the provinces
• Created by Citadel Rock Online Communities Inc.,
developer of community websites for many
organizations, e.g. Export Development Canada,
Sustainable Prosperity Initiative (U of Ottawa),
HEDON Household Energy Network (UK-based)
• Seed content coordinated and collected by the
Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks,
involving content from a range of source content
organizations
2. Content Source Organizations Contacted to
Date
• AMSSA (BC), Government of BC, ELSA Net, Best
of the Reader, ATESL, Immigrate Manitoba, CBC
Manitoba, Canadian Council on Learning, CBC
Ottawa, NALD, ROLLR, Settlement.org, ISIS (Nova
Scotia), CCLB
Contributions are welcome from any
organization or individual and can be
submitted directly using the Tutela.ca
website
3. Content Features
• For ESL professionals (rather than
learners)
• Canadian content (some exceptions, i.e.
research)
• CLB-referenced
• LINC-referenced (and provincial
equivalents, i.e. ELSA)
Useful to ESL professionals working in
Canada
4. A Repository
Search and download ESL resources from
across Canada, including everything from
teaching material and research to funding
and job opportunities.
5. Some Examples Include
• Lesson plans
• CLB-referenced resources and assessment information
• Literacy resources
• Higher level learning material
• EAP and workplace English material
• Classroom resources
• Academic articles
• Learning objects
• Audio/video resources
• Printable resources
6. A Community of Practice
• Connect with other ESL professionals
• Share materials
• Discover new approaches
• Get solutions
7. Some Examples Include
• Personal profiles (includes My Resources,
My Network, My Contribution)
• Discussion forums
• Events listing
• Job/opportunity postings
• Recommendations and
comment reviews
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22. • Create and discuss
any number of topics
of interest
• Upload files for
discussion/feedback
• Both public and private
groups are possible
23. • Online web
conferencing capability
• With online text
chat, audio, video and
conference calling
• Ability to upload
presentation slides
• Presenter can
mute/unmute
participant's
microphones or let
someone else present
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25. When Tutela.ca Goes Live, it will
• Have a full-time manager who will
coordinate community participation and
content contribution
• Welcome different types of contributors, no
matter how short or long term
• Retain contributions and ideas in an ever-
changing reality
• Enable new contributors to learn quickly by
example
26. • Tutela.ca manager
will support local and
regional user groups
• Meetings could be in
conjunction with
other conferences
• There will also be
regular online
webinars
o Basic introductions
to Tutela.ca
o How to use more
advanced features
27. Tutela.ca is Like a Garden - Types of Contributors
Include
• Champion
o A people person; always getting new people involved and helping
them to grow
• Maintainer
o A good organizer and leader; always keeping things in order
• Gardener
o Meticulous and hardworking; always tending to the little cleanups
here and there
• Zen Master
o Good design sense; always improving the presentation and
making things clearer for others
• Domain Expert
o Shares and makes use of specific domain knowledge that is
critical to getting things right
• Patron
o Providing official support; solid public relations, financial
assistance
28. Tutela.ca Community Values
• Friendly
o Welcoming and open
• Supportive
o Mentoring and encouraging
• Dynamic
o Emerging and growing
• Patient
o Tolerant of mistakes
Editor's Notes
Nelson – briefly explains role of CIC and CRColette – briefly explains CCLB’s role
Colette mentions the list we are in contact with for seed content, stating that as Tutela goes live, contributions are welcome from any organization
Colette describes the type of content that is onTutela now and emphasises the most important feature is relevance.
Colette briefly reiterates key value offering of Tutela
Colette briefly describes what exists inside Tutela
Colette briefly describes how Tutela is not only a great resource, it is designed to be a community of practice
Colette continues with some examples.
Nelson briefly goes through the guiding principles as set out by CIC at the outset of the project
Nelson reiterates the objectives
Nelson talks briefly about how for the users of Tutela, making the most of Tutela is 3 simple steps.
Nelson summarizes the various ways which users can get at the content
Nelson talks a bit about the search functionality and the search results page
Nelson talks about some of the features of a particular search result
Nelson talks a bit about how important it is to provide feedback and comments, and how this information is passed back to the content contributors.
Nelson mentions how easy it is to contribute/suggest new content
Nelson elaborates a little on the contribution process, and that it is a step-by-step wizard
Nelson explains that content can be categorized for easy search and retrieval
More categorization possibilities
Nelson briefly explains that groups are where discussions, events, and jobs are posted. And the ability to network with other group members of similar interest. The site administrator has created groups like "Content Wanted for Tutela.ca"
It is also possible to see what groups a user is in from the user profile page.
Nelson talks a little about how users can create new discussion groups or special interest groups
There will also be real time collaboration capabilities
Just a couple of more screenshots
Nelson will briefly explain what happens once Tutela goes liveBullet 2:Examples of contributorsinclude: contributors of content, power users who help other users within their own community/school use the system, champions who help promote it to their colleagues, users who start special interest groups or involve themselves in discussions, contributors of expertise (e.g. users who can provide feedback/suggestions/recommendations on content).Bullet 3:Turnover in contributors. Different users will move in and out of contribution roles depending on all sorts of factors, such as job situation or changing skills/interests.
Nelson will talk about some of the activities planned
Nelson will summarize the types of contributors we hope will arise from the community
