Post on 16-May-2015
description
BUILDING OPEN COMMUNITIES
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Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do, and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.
Etienne Wenger
OPEN means many things
• Formal or not• Credit or not or both• Distributed or not• Free or not• Open enrolment or not• Open licensed content or not
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashkyd/8769131526/ by ashkyd
OPEN does change things
• Potentially more complex• Prepare for the unknown• New possibilities• Many hats• Emerging and multiple facilitators• New formats• Less control• More flexible• Selective attention• More organizational and less intellectual?
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Archives available forever
Forums, wikis, polls, etc clustered together
by topic
Summaries – what we accomplished together
Wide open. No login to read
Some ambitious projects
Access to synchronous tools
Embed content such as photos from Flickr
RSS feeds from relevant discussions
How do we make this happen? Volunteers!
Design for Success
• Participation on the periphery• Community steward• Attention to history• Bridge and connect to enrich and advance dialogue• Rhythm and variety, build anticipation• Focus on people and dialogue• Ideas for activities emerge through participation• Mutual exchange of services / collaboration• Different modes and levels of engagement
Organizational
Social
Intellectual
GROUP ACTIVITY• 3 groups• Case: upcoming OPEN online workshop• Choose a focus: Intellectual, Social, Organizational• Review and brainstorm planning questions you should
consider• Select top 2 to report back to full group
BREAKOUT ROOMYou can jump in and out of breakout rooms as many times as you like. This is how…
Moving to Breakout Rooms
This means you are in the main room
Click on the drop down menu to choose the breakout room
Click on the room you would like to join.
In a Breakout Room… • Only one person can talk at a time. Press the talk button when
you want to talk. When you’re done, press again to turn off your mic.
• Anyone can post in the chat area anytime. No need to wait for your turn!
Talk button to turn your miC on and off
Scrumblr
Sticky Notes
Add Sticky Notes
Magnifying Glass Color code dots
http://scrumblr.ca/
Adding and Writing New Sticky
Click on the Plus sign to add new sticky
Double click to edit the content of sticky
Remove by hover over the sticky and click the “x”
Note: You can move the sticky by clicking and
dragging.
Zoom in and out the board
Big Stickies
Small StickiesBy Clicking on the Magnifying Glass, you can toggle between small and big stickies for more room
Click and pull corner to enlarge board
GROUP TASKBring back to the main room 1-2 key questions to consider when designing an open workshop
Activity Debrief• What were the risks in the design?• What would have made this activity better?• What are your suggestions for a next step in this
activity?
http://www.ewenger.com/theory/
Paulsen, MF 1995, 'Moderating Educational Computer Conferences', in ZL Berge & MP Collins (eds) Computer-mediated Communication and the On-line Classroom in Distance Education, Hampton Press, Cresskill, NJ.
http://scope.bccampus.ca
Sylvia Currie scurrie@bccampus.ca@currie
Hilda Anggraenihanggraeni@bccampus.ca