deanz2008 stewarding technology for learn

Stewarding (technology) for

learning: web 2 people 2+

DEANZ 2008Nancy WhiteFull Circle Associates

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bridges/bridgers (everywhere)

rules of thumb

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hype & buzz

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The small print…

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Community…

Perspective

The buzzpart 1 social learning in a networked world

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Photo via Flickr CC www.flickr.com/photos/azlijamil01/231592469/

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

Learning Communities

Knowledge Networks

Communities of Practice

Online Communities

From David Wilcox

Many: Networks

We: Communities

Me: the IndividualPersonal identity,

interest & trajectory

Bounded membership; group identity, shared interest

Boundaryless; fuzzy,

intersecting interests

Informal learning

“What happens the rest of the time.”

– Marcia Connor

http://agelesslearner.com/intros/informal.html

Jay CrossInformal Learning Evangelist

http://informl.com/the-informal-learning-page/

George Siemens http://ww w.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm

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,contextual, collaborativecollaborative 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.

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!

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The buzz part 2 “Web 2.0”

“…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)

http://www.go2web20.net/

The simplest thing that could possibly work…

Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki

Tech + Social:Tech + Social:Technology has

fundamentally changed how we can be together

Bridge beyond our curriculum and courses…

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Beyond our classroom traditions…


Beyond the technology…


Bridges/bridgers

(everywhere)

community leadership

technology stewardship

Rules of Thumb

http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelamcdonald/94766927/

Polarities

TOGETHERNESS SEPARATENESShttp://www.flickr.com/photos/angerboy/201582453/

community timecommunity space

shifting engagement….

... More and more, knowledge management is going to be about reducing the cost of, and simplifying the process for, letting someone watch what you do. Nonintrusively. Time-shifted. Place-shifted. Searchable. Archivable. Retrievable.

http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/08/14/facebook-and-the-enterprise-part-5-knowledge-management/

JP Rangaswami

http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldcafe/227358678/

INTERACTING PUBLISHING

Vocabularies, tools, concepts, methods, stories, papers, pictures, reports…

Conversing, experimenting, practicing, learning, planning…

INDIVIDUAL GROUP

Designed for groups, experienced as individuals

Does not imply homogeneity

Multimembership

Attention

Togetherness Separateness

Interacting Publishing

Individual Group

An echo to the DEANZ theme?

• my place• my space• my learning

• my/our place• my/our space• my/our learning

Orientations

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

Orientations

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Emerging roles…

community leaders

technology stewardsnetwork weavers

enable people to…• discover & appropriate useful

technology• be in and use communities

& networks (people)• express their identity • find and create content• usefully participate

“Practices are the source of curriculum.”

Etienne Wenger

technology

stewards

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…

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

Wenger, White and Smith, 2007

addressing inherentcommunity tensions Tools

Groupasynchronous

IndividualInteracting

Publishing

synchronousGroup

asynchronous

discussion boards

teleconference

chat

instant messaging

member directory

wikiblog

telephony/VoIP

individualprofile page

e-mail

e-mail lists

scratch pad

RSS

“new” indicators

subscription

podcast

contentrepository

presenceindicator

buddy list

security

Q&A systems

RSS aggregator

newsletter

calendar

videoconference

application sharing

whiteboard

site index

participation statistics

search

subgroups

personalization

communitypublic page

versioncontrol

documentmanagement

UseNet

contentrating

scheduling

polling

commenting

networking tools

tagging

bookmarking

sharedfiltering

geomapping

www.TechnologyForCommunities.com

Etienne WengerNancy WhiteJohn Smith



Individual Group

… meetings








oriented to …

Course

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog Learner’s

Blog

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog

CentralBlog

ExternalReader

ExternalReader

RSS FEED

Reader

Reader

Reader

Reader

Reader

Reader

ReaderReader

Reader

Reader

Reader

Reader

ExternalReader

Roster

Syllabus

Schedule

Course

… meetings








oriented to …

Support Community

Forums

Directories

BlogBlog

BlogBlogBlog

BlogBlog

Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog

BlogBlog

Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog

Social networking tools

SupportCommunity

… meetings








oriented to …

Edubloggers’ network

Edubloggers

Community my arise between the blogs around shared interest

Edublogger #2

Edublogger #3

Edublogger #1

community leaders(or do I mean facilitators?)

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From Dave Lee’s 4-L Modelhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/dcleesfo/164496007/ by Dave Lee

Gilly Salmon’s 5-Stage Modelhttp://www.atimod.com/e-moderating/5stage.shtml

From: 2005 Wing Lam, Alton Chua, Jeremy B. Williams and Cecelia Lee Virtual teams: Surviving or thriving? http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/brisbane05/blogs/proceedings/41_Lam.pdf

paths/patterns of connection

• guests• field trips• identification of related groups

and networks

peer assists

http://www.saea.uottawa.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=682&Itemid=649

In doing, we learn.

George Herbert

participation through activities:



Individual Group

• control engagement• stages of development adaptation• prediction uncertainty• clear goals no end in sight• consensus diversity• resistance attractors

Thanks to Keith McCandlesshttp://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/uploads/

complexity_interviews_ai.pdf

Oh, this is COMPLEX!

network weavers

TWITTER

http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com/Twitter+Collaboration+Stories

ODI: 6 Network Functions• Filters• Amplifyers• Convenors• Facilitators• Investors• Community

builders

http://www.odi.org.uk/Rapid/Projects/PPA0103/Functions.html

identity

side note: me online today

•profiles•portfolios w/ meaning outside of a course •reputation

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content

content creation…

Tagging

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SEARCH

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Individual Group

Enable people to…• discover & appropriate useful

technology• be in and use communities

& networks (people)• express their identity • find and create content• usefully participate

Challenges• Time• Swiftly changing technology• Language and culture• Learning preferences• Swiftly changing context

Understanding our roles• researchers • eLearning practitioners• elearning organizations• decision & policy makers• stewards & leaders

•LEARNERS!

Tackling the barriers?

• Tickling the edge of organizational change

• Can we take a whole systems approach?

• Leadership walking the talk

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practice, iterate. PLAY!

Epilogue

Slides: will be posted on slideshare.net (choconancy)

Other stuff:http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com/http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com/Stewarding+Technology+for+Learning

ContactNancy Whitenancyw at fullcirc dot com

http://www.fullcirc.com