IOC 2010Should we be using “community” for learning?

Nancy White

Full Circle Associates

http://www.fullcirc.com

@NancyWhite

Talk Wiki: http://bit.ly/ahkdi4

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Process Note!I had the great fortune to have

my talk electronically graphically recorded by Dan Porter. I’ve

added a few screen shots of his work “after the fact.”

Is “community” dead?

Please…DO Chat in Elluminate

or #IOC10 on Twitter

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you.”Cliff Atkinson

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Irrelevant?

Over-used? Abused?

Spot-on?

When? Why?

What do we really MEAN by

community?

http://technologyforcommunities.com/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sveinhal/2201546999/

Tech + Social:Tech + Social:Technology has

fundamentally changed how we can be together

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Go Solo?

Pairs, triads and very small groups?

Fly with the flock?

Roam the network?

Where are you most comfortable? Where do you learn the most?What stifles you?

Post talk: people expressed that it depended on context. Some people did have personal preferences. :

Assumption: Social Learning

(and? “social objects” and “socio-material networks la Engstrom...)

http://mohamedaminechatti.blogspot.com/2009/11/laan-vs-activity-theory.htmlhttp://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/04/why_some_social.html (Social-material networks)h

Many: Networks

We: Communities

Me: the IndividualPersonal identity,

interest & trajectory

Bounded membership; group identity,

shared interest, human centered

Boundaryless; fuzzy, intersecting

interests, object centered sociality

(Engeström)

Many: Networks

We: Communities

Me: the Individualconsciousness, confidence level, risk tolerance, styles, emotion Distinct power/trust

dynamics, shared forward movement or strong blocking, stasis, attention to maintenance, language Flows around

blocks, less cohesion, distributed power/trust, change

Many: Networks

We: Communities

Me: the IndividualIndividual access, personal learning environments …

Classes, informal learning cohorts, conferences, clubs…Facebook,

Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia,etc…

Balance

discernment

Individual Community Network

Where are you currently aiming

your efforts?

Click to next slide to see where

people started “filling in.”

This is the white board when I asked the question. Eventually there was a strong cluster in “community.” There was also a great comment about calling something community when it really wasn’t.

Dan’s picture…

• Assess and discern• Design across the continuum • Shift across the continuumimplications

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nexus_6/320344409/

Action

Connection 4employment

Scale

http://www.flickr.com/photos/opendemocracy/267705194/

Triangulating to Outside

Connections

Alone... in prison…

Hopefulness…support

Connection

Innovation…

External Validation

How?

• External support person(s)

• Learning Connection to a

domain-related network or

community

• Intentional external validation

How do we enable people to…

• discover & appropriate useful technology

• be in and use communities & networks (people)

• express their identity • find and create content• usefully participate

? ? ?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eriwst/2303608353/

What practices &

roles might we introduce?

facilitators community leaderstechnology stewards network weaversIndependent thinkers

What is one area in your work where more

attention to the ecosystem of “me, we

and the network” might

support your purpose?

Dan’s almost completed picture

Epilogue

Resources:Talkwiki http://bit.ly/ahkdi4

www.technologyforcommunities.com

http://davecormier.com/edblog/2010/01/27/community-as-curriculum-vol-2-the-guild-distribute-continuum/

ContactNancy Whitenancyw at fullcirc dot com

http:www.fullcirc.com@NancyWhite

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