DISCOVERY PHASE REPORT

Jay Collier/The Compass LLCAugust 31, 2011

ONLINE COLLABORATION PLATFORMFor the Maine Department of Education

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1. Goals

2. Features

3. Scenarios

4. Precedents

5. Challenges

6. Next steps

Build a professional learning community platform to help educators engage in conversation, share innovative ideas, discover and curate useful resources, document successful practices, and apply them in their own classrooms and schools.

1. Goals1. Goals • COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE

1. Goals

Support and sustain continuity between in-person meetings and professional development opportunities.

Help new constituents get up to speed and become valuable, active partners in learning communities.

• COMMUNITY CONTINUITY

1. Goals

Model an interdisciplinary, continuous learning community approach that can be implemented at schools and districts across the state.

Use sta! and budget wisely.

• MODEL APPROACH

1. Goals

Be dependable – Anywhere, any time, any device

Be intuitive – Simple publishing, searching, !nding

Be helpful – Helpful information and instructions

Be interesting – Appealing, personal, immersive

Be personalizable – Up to date feeds by interest

Be welcoming – Online spaces for collaboration

Be meaningful – Insight into what matters to you

• PRINCIPLES FOR ENGAGEMENT

2. FeaturesCOMMUNITY DASHBOARD

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MEMBER DIRECTORY2. FeaturesMEMBERS DIRECTORY

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MEMBER PROFILES2. FeaturesMEMBER PROFILES

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2. FeaturesGROUPS DIRECTORY

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GROUP DASHBOARD2. FeaturesGROUP DASHBOARD

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2. FeaturesGROUP ACTIVITY

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2. FeaturesGROUP EVENTS

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2. FeaturesSHARED GROUP FILES

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2. FeaturesGROUP WIKI PAGES

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2. FeaturesGROUP FORUMS

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2. FeaturesGROUP TASKS

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2. FeaturesGROUP BLOGS

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2. FeaturesMODERATED BLOG COMMENTS

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2. FeaturesE-MAIL NOTIFICATIONS

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3. Features2. FeaturesINVITE NEW MEMBERS

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2. FeaturesSEARCH RESOURCES BY CATEGORIES

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2. FeaturesSUBMIT RESOURCES

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2. FeaturesEASILY INSERT MULTIMEDIA

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4. More Features2. Future Features

• Group, member, and resource ratings and badges for value and quality

• Rules of engagement: acceptance & reminders

• New group request vetting form

• Sitewide activity stream

• Search engine optimization

Current interest groups (existing forums & lists)

Current DOE constituent support services Prof. development conferences and meetings

DOE leadership and management teams Teams with shared professional interests

Groups of innovative districts

Superintendents, curricula leaders, school staff ...

5. Sample Scenarios3. Scenarios

• Current interest group discussions (existing forums, blogs, and lists)

• Current DOE constituent support services

• Prof. development opportunities (conferences, meetings, online) - advance preparation and participant follow-up

• SHORT TERM

Current interest groups (existing forums & lists)

Current DOE constituent support services Prof. development conferences and meetings

DOE leadership and management teams Teams with shared professional interests

Groups of innovative districts

Superintendents, curricula leaders, school staff ...

5. Sample Scenarios3. Scenarios

• DOE strategy and planning teams

• Shared interest teams (external)

• Groups of innovative districts

• Other initiatives and centers

• MEDIUM TERM

Current interest groups (existing forums & lists)

Current DOE constituent support services Prof. development conferences and meetings

DOE leadership and management teams Teams with shared professional interests

Groups of innovative districts

Superintendents, curricula leaders, school staff ...

5. Sample Scenarios3. Scenarios

• All superintendents

• All curricula leaders

• Other school sta!

• Families and communities

• Regional consortia

• LONG TERM

3. Precedents

Interoperation and exchange of knowledge ABOUT learning resources.

DOD - PBS - SMITHSONIAN

4. PrecedentsUS GSA Citizen Apps

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3. Precedents4. PrecedentsUS DOE - Connected Educators

connectededucators.org

3. Precedents4. PrecedentsUS DOE - Learning Registry

learningregistry.org

Facebook

Twitter

LinkedIn

Skype

YouTube

Flickr

Subsite

Publications

Profile

News releases

Features

Home

Directories Tasks

SearchGateways

Social media

Gathering Reporting

Data service

Data service

Subsite

Subsite

Ad hoc groups

Groups by content area

Groups by geography

Professionalresources

Cloud servicesPeople

GroupsBookmarks

RecommendationsNotations

CommentsRatings

Communitiesof Practice Public Internet ServicesProgram

subsitesNews &updates

Core site

Enterprise data Learningobject

repositories

OFFICIAL CONTENTFormal communications

CONSTITUENT COLLABORATIONCommunity-facilitated

Highly-crafted editorial and design Simple interface, individual voices, independent domain

5. Challenges

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Complex online environment

No policies or services for online collaboration platforms exist in Maine state

governmentCase law for commercial online service

providers not yet tested for state government

2. Challenges5. Challenges

•No current policies or services within Maine state government for public collaboration platforms or user-generated content

•Content ownership and liability case law for commercial online service providers has not yet been tested for state governments

Develop a plan and budget for this initiative and participate in development

of new policiesCommit to staff time and budget for

phase 1 scopeSelect and convene an advisory team

6. Next steps6. Next steps

•Participate in development of new policies

•Develop a plan and budget for phase 1

•Commit to resources for phase 1 scope

•Select and convene advisory team

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