Stewarding technology for communities

OnLearning Technologies Conference 2008Nancy WhiteFull Circle Associates

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Tech + Social:Tech + Social:Technology has

fundamentally changed how we can be together

Learning Communities

Knowledge Networks

Communities of Practice

Online Communities

Many: Networks

We: Communities

Me: the IndividualPersonal identity,

interest & trajectory

Bounded membership; group identity, shared interest

Boundaryless; fuzzy,

intersecting interests

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Emerging

roles and

practices…

enable people to…• discover & appropriate useful

technology• be in and use communities

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

community leaders

technology stewards network weavers

What the %&*# is a technology steward?

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“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

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15% solution

Noticing and using the influence, discretion and power individuals have right now.

– Keith McCandless

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rules of thumb

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Polarities

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

community timecommunity space

shifting engagement….

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INTERACTING PUBLISHING

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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

addressing inherentcommunity tensions

Group

IndividualInteracting

Publishing

asynchronous synchronous

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

interestfilter

2007 Etienne Wenger, Nancy White and John Smith

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

… meetings

… access to expertise

… context… community cultivation

… projects… open-ended conversation

… content publishing

… individual participation … relationships

© 2006 Wenger, White, and Smith

Community activities

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

… access to expertise

… context… community cultivation

… projects… open-ended conversation

… content publishing

… individual participation … relationships

© 2006 Wenger, White, and Smith

Community activities

oriented to …

Support Community

… meetings

… access to expertise

… context… community cultivation

… projects… open-ended conversation

… content publishing

… individual participation … relationships

© 2006 Wenger, White, and Smith

Community activities

oriented to …

Edubloggers’ network

Community activities

oriented to …

… meetings

… context… community cultivation

… access to expertise

… projects… open-ended conversation

… content publishing

… individual participation

… relationships

© 2007 Wenger, White, and Smith

No image skills

Existing relationships

Basis for evaluation - motivated

Diverse skills/motivation

New to web meetings

So what?

Yes, this is a blank slide. You know… invisibility!

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Epilogue

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

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

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