Snow White and the Seven Competencies

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The VORTEX of Possibility Individual, Community,
Network
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The individual the group

• "The positive development of a society in the
  absence of creative, independently thinking,
  critical individuals is as inconceivable as the
  development of an individual in the absence of
  the stimulus of the community."
  
  (Albert Einstein)
• Power does not reside in institutions, not even
  the state or large corporations. It is located in
  the networks that structure society.
  
  (Manuel Castells)

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• Barbara Ganley
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• I am not a techie. I am a teacher of writing and
  literature. Six years ago if anyone had told me I
  would be circling the globe talking about
  technology in the classroom, I would have
  laughed. Just look at me now, five years into
  classroom blogging I have my own
  reflective-practice blog which has led me to a
  new community of colleagues in cyberspace and has
  deepened my own learning journey my students all
  keep blogs, make digital stories, play with
  images, and podcast as they explore what it means
  to write effectively in the 21st century. I think
  my journey into the heart of Web 2.0 technology
  has a lot to do with teaching in a rural state,
  even at an affluent institution, far removed from
  the rest of the world. Initially I was attracted
  to blogs because they could bring my students to
  the world and the world to my students, building
  empathy and understanding, communication skills
  and connections. I was concerned by my students'
  willingness to hand over their whole learning
  plan to me as though I could wave a wand and make
  them learn what they needed to learn, while they
  actually had very little to do with it except to
  complete assignments and to take tests and to
  show up in class. I think where I teach has made
  me pay attention to the range in opportunity, in
  access and in participation of students in our
  state. And as I watch the world take to the
  internet, it has made me think about how and if
  the Web can enhance the lives of our students by
  making them critical consumers of media, active
  producers of content and active participants in
  local communities and global society.
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•  http//mt.middlebury.edu/middblogs/ganley/bgblogg
  ing/2006/09/a_recent_talk_on_blogging_for.html

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Form
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The Individual

• Self directed
• Personal
• Flexible
• Life long
• Informal

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Legitimate Peripheral Participation

• LaveWenger, 1991
• In the workplace, learners can, when they need,
  steal their knowledge from the social periphery
  made up of other, more experienced workers and
  ongoing, socially shared practice.
  (BrownDuguid, 1992)

Picture courtesy of http//www.flickr.com/photos/r
ollerboogie/
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What is a community?

• A set of people (or agents in a more abstract
  sense) with some shared elementa group of people
  or things that live in the same area. The
  substance of shared element varies widely, from a
  situation to interest to lives and values. The
  term is widely used to evoke sense of
  collectivity. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community

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What is a Community of Practice?

• CoPs develop around things that matter to
  people. The difference between a CoP and a team
  is that the shared learning and interest of its
  members are what keeps it together. It is defined
  by knowledge rather than task. It exists because
  participation has value to members.
• In their teams, they take care of projects. In
  their networks, they form relationships. In their
  CoPs they develop the knowledge that lets them do
  these other tasks
• Etienne Wenger, 1998

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Classification of Active Learning Techniques
Robert P. Ouellette, University of Maryland
University College, 2000
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Ramalingam 6 Network Functions

• Filters
• Amplifiers
• Convenors
• Facilitators
• Investors
• Community builders

http//www.odi.org.uk/Rapid/Projects/PPA0103/Funct
ions.html
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As long as
interest remains

Informal
Friends and
Collect pass
Mutual needs,
As long as
network

acquaintances

on information

friends
hip

reason

to connect exists



Etienne Wenger 2003
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Individual Group/Network
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Togetherness is a property of communities

• Experienced by individuals
• Does not imply homogeneity
• Weaves communal and individual engagement,
  aspirations, and identity

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Multimembership

• Fractured attention
• Diverse needs, commitment and activity
• Volume and complexity

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Technology new places of togetherness

• Manage complexity of community development
  individual participation
• Make community visible in new ways
• directories, maps
• participation statistics
• focal points
• Filter, locate, connect, interact, aggregate

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Togetherness and separation in time and space
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Participation Reification
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systems
participation
methods
living in the social world
language
belonging
artifacts
conversations
maps
interacting
concepts
community
documents
tools
acting
reification
relationships
projects
Etienne Wenger
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addressing inherentcommunity tensions
Tools
personalization
new indicators
telephony/VoIP
QA systems
e-mail
teleconference
e-mail lists
videoconference
UseNet
Group
polling
instant messaging
discussion boards
subscription
networking tools
chat
security
subgroups
asynchronous
buddy list
presenceindicator
participation statistics
commenting
RSS
application sharing
wiki
blog
whiteboard
geomapping
RSS aggregator
scheduling
site index
tagging
sharedfiltering
calendar
member directory
newsletter
podcast
communitypublic page
bookmarking
contentrating
documentmanagement
scratch pad
content repository
versioncontrol
search
individualprofile page
Etienne WengerNancy WhiteJohn Smith
www.TechnologyForCommunities.com
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Control lt -- gt Emergence
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1. Purpose

• "The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to
  know how to live to purpose."
• Montaigne

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2. Change the Story in our Heads (about our
relationship with technology)
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3. Start where we are
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4. Look Over the Shoulder
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5. Acknowledge the Elephant
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6. Learn Some Lingo!
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1. Purpose2. Change the story3. Start where we
are4. Look over a shoulder5. Make the elephant
discussable6. Learn some lingo
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Further Resources

• http//australianoctober.blogspot.com
• http//www.fullcirc.com
• http//www.fullcirc.com/weblog/onfacblog.htm
• Nancys Online Community Toolkitwww.fullcirc.com/
  community/communitymanual.htm
• KM for Development http//www.km4dev.org
• http//www.technologyforcommunities.com
• http//communitiesconnect.wikispaces.com
• http//www.ewenger.com
• http//www.learningalliances.net
• http//learningnetworkedworld.blogspot.com/
• http//www.km4dev.org
• http//www.mediablends.net/
• http//pratodialogue.wordpress.com/
• http//elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?sectionbest_prac
  ticesarticle34-1

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• The Nancy White tour is organised and sponsored
  by the
• E-learning Networks Project of the Australian
  Flexible Learning Framework.
• Come and visit our site! Find out about the
  projects various PD activities, including
• 20 e-learning networks
• 3 online events
• An online learning community Networks Community
  Forum
• 4 editions of the Knowledge Tree
• And the national speaking tour
• Networks site http//www.flexiblelearning.net.au/
  networks

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Showcasing E-learning in Practice20 22
November 2006

• Highlights
• Focus of the event is on showcasing
• Latest developments in Australian e-learning,
  including new ideas and approaches
• Practical implementation of e-learning for
  different client groups
• Engaging newly interested people (the second
  wave) in using e-learning in easy and exciting
  ways

Keynote speakers
Dr Elizabeth Hartnell -Young Wednesday 22
November _at_ 900 - 1000 am AEST
Avril Henry Tuesday 21 November _at_ 100 200 pm
AEST
Register _at_ http//networksevents.flexiblelearning
.net.au
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Knowledge Tree an E-journal of Learning
Innovation  
The Knowledge Tree enables the sharing of
research and innovation in global e-learning
practice. Published by the national training
systems e-learning strategy, the Australian
Flexible Learning Framework (Framework), The
Knowledge Tree aims to provoke, foster and
capture in-depth knowledge and debate on
e-learning issues.
Edition 12 due for release on 14
November Focused on improved practice in the
professional development of teachers. Lead
article - Blogs Impacting Student Dispositions
is by Sean and Paula Lancaster, teacher education
academics at Grand Valley State University,
Michigan. Sean won the 2006 Pew Teaching with
Technology award. Live Conversation 28
November
http//knowledgetree.flexiblelearning.net.au
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Nancy White Founder, Full Circle Associates
(http//www.fullcirc.com)nancyw_at_fullcirc.com
A blog of Nancys speaking tour, trip and
adventure to Australia http//australianoctober
.blogspot.com/index.html
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