The document discusses the importance of connecting quality learning with informal learning and community engagement, emphasizing the role of technology and Web 2.0 in facilitating this process. It introduces concepts such as connectivism and rhizomatic learning, highlighting the shift from traditional educational structures to more fluid, networked learning environments. Strategies for enabling effective participation and collaboration within communities are also presented, along with the challenges posed by rapidly changing technology and cultural contexts.

1. Quality everywhere: Hooking learning quality to communities, informal learning and Web 2.0 EFQUEL Lisboa 2008 Nancy White/Full Circle Associates

2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gitboy/373784185/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/gitboy/373784185 /

3. 1. Some context 2. Some strategies 3. Many questions

4. http://www.plexusinstitute.org/complexity/index.cfm?id=3

6. What needs to grow beyond the boundaries of formal learning? http://www.flickr.com/photos/dsevilla/189528500/in/set-1368427/

7. Beyond our curriculum and courses… http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewall/206426067 /

8. Beyond our “classrooms” http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewall/206426067 /

9. Beyond our institutions… http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewall/206426067 /

10. What is emerging?

11. The buzz part 1 social learning in a networked world

13. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynetter/653541864/in/set-72057594139269787/ Photo via Flickr CC www.flickr.com/photos/azlijamil01/231592469/

14. Learning Communities Knowledge Networks Communities of Practice Online Communities

15. From David Wilcox

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

17. Informal learning “What happens the rest of the time.” – Marcia Connor http://agelesslearner.com/intros/informal.html

18. Jay Cross Informal Learning Evangelist http://informl.com/the-informal-learning-page/

19. Connectivism – George Siemens Connectivism : A Learning Theory for the Digital Age http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm

20. Rhizomatic Learning Dave Cormier http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=550 A rhizomatic plant has no center and no defined boundary ; rather, it is made up of a number of semi-independent nodes, each of which is capable of growing and spreading on its own, bounded only by the limits of its habitat (Cormier 2008 ). …. In the rhizomatic view, knowledge can only be negotiated , and the contextual, collaborative learning experience shared by constructivist and connectivist pedagogies is a social as well as a personal knowledge-creation process with mutable goals and constantly negotiated premises.

21. The rhizome metaphor, which represents a critical leap in coping with the loss of a canon against which to compare, judge, and value knowledge, may be particularly apt as a model for disciplines on the bleeding edge where the canon is fluid and knowledge is a moving target . Thank you, Dave!

23. http://www.flickr.com/photos/aphrodite/66231929/ The buzz part 2 “Web 2.0”

24. “… it was designed to allow people to work together by combining their knowledge in a web of hypertext documents.” (From Tim Berners-Lee’s Bio)

25. The simplest thing that could possibly work… Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki

26. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynetter/483849193/in/set-72057594139269787/

28. Stephen Downes, August 13 th One Laptop Per Child, Reviewed by 12-Year-Old Pretty good review. The author, a 12-year old with previous computer experience, puts the computers through its paces before writing. While satisfied with the programs and the usability, he complains that the computer is too slow and the battery doesn't last long enough. Don't skip the comments, as the (adult) readers alternate between being impressed by the review and not believing that a 12-year old wrote it. It's worth remarking (again) that children today spend their days reading and writing on the internet. So a literate review from a 12-year old should not be a surprise. SG, Freedom to Tinker August 13, 2007 [ Link ] [Tags: Usability , Experi ence ] [ Comment ] http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=41279

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

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

31. Community time Community space Shifting engagement….

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

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

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

35. INDIVIDUAL GROUP

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

37. http://www.flickr.com/photos/philwalter/348238734/ Strategies and Tips

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

39. Build in HOOKS! (think velcro !)

40. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjaniceryuvallos/1600857189/ Technology Hooks

41. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dani3l3/364684710/ “ Technology stewards are people with enough experience of the workings of a community to understand its technology needs, and enough experience with technology to take leadership in addressing those needs…

42. Stewardship typically includes selecting and configuring technology, as well as supporting its use in the practice of the community.” Wenger, White and Smith, 2007

43. Togetherness Separateness Interacting Publishing Individual Group

44. addressing inherent community tensions Tools Group asynchronous 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 www.TechnologyForCommunities.com Etienne Wenger Nancy White John Smith Individual Interacting Publishing synchronous Group asynchronous

45. 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

46. … 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

47. Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Learner’s Blog Central Blog External Reader External Reader RSS FEED Reader Reader Reader Reader Reader Reader Reader Reader Reader Reader Reader Reader External Reader Roster Syllabus Schedule Course

48. 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 …

49. Forums Directories Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Blog Social networking tools Support Community

50. … 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

51. Edubloggers Community my arise between the blogs around shared interest Edublogger #2 Edublogger #3 Edublogger #1

52. People Hooks http://www.flickr.com/photos/micheleryan/418311581/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/qwirksilver/133694322 /

53. Create paths and patterns of connection DURING a Course Guests Field trips Identification of related groups and networks

55. TWITTER

58. Identity hooks???

59. Side Note: Me Online Today

65. Profiles Portfolios with meaning outside of a course Reputation

66. Content Hooks http://www.flickr.com/photos/frankfarm/281433729 /

67. http://www.flickr.com/photos/assbach/253218488/ SEARCH

68. Content creation…

70. Tagging

71. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/2312541719/

72. Participation hooks (I was tempted to say practice…)

73. Role model and apply tools & processes

74. Adoption takes time: Wiki Wednesday & FAQ Project

75. try, reflect, iterate

76. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/418922552/in/set-72157600218310366 / PLAY!

77. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjaniceryuvallos/1600857189/ The velcro of bridging to informal learning… Technology People Content Identity Practice

79. Challenges Time Swiftly changing technology Language and Culture Learning preferences Swiftly changing culture and context

81. Understanding our roles policy makers researchers elearning quality related organizations decision makers eLearning practitioners LEARNERS!

82. Evolving a “Quality Literacy” What does the quality co-construction of learning mean? … solo learning? What are the tensions between quantity and quality ? What constitutes quality communities and networks ? Is it worth it ?

83. Tackling the barriers? Tickling the edge of organizational change Can we take a whole systems approach? Leadership walking the talk

85. Epilogue Resources http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com/Quality+in+Informal+and+Community+Learning Or http://tinyurl.com/4sff2k Contact Nancy White nancyw at fullcirc dot com http://www.fullcirc.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/poagao/527259905/