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Interactions in a Professional Development Network
Tony CarrConvenor of e/merge Africa
Plan
What is e/merge Africa?Some general observations about interactionDiscussions across environmentsSocial networks in groups
e/merge Africa offers professional development and networking opportunities focused on the use of educational technology in African higher education
• To share good practice and good research
• To provide a facilitated space for interactions in a landscape of practice
• To foster fruitful conversations across related specialist professional practices
Aims and objectives
Our 2015 activities to date include:• a peer-assist session on the uptake of
learning management systems in Higher Educational,
• an online research colloquium,• a seminar on social media use in
Higher Education• an online Learning Design workshop• A Digital Storytelling workshop• an online facilitation course.
Our Interaction Spaces
• websites• Facebook • Live meetings
Also• Twitter feed• LinkedIn
General observations
• Facilitation matters• Peer facilitation• Interaction infrastructure• Interactions at the core and the periphery
Moves between environments
Forum AND Facebook – Three cases
1) Shifts from the forum to Facebook and back to the forum 2) Discussion starts in the forum then moves to Facebook.3) Discussion starts and remains in the forum.
Different kinds of messages
Quick interactions in Facebook – shorter messages
Deeper interactions in the forum – longer messages
Some key factors
• Preferences and practices of participants and facilitators
• Facilitator moves • Affordances of environments• Time for asynchronous interaction
Connections in our Facebook Group
Zooming into the core
Network based on posts, comments and likes