http://mspnet.org

The instructional practices and assessments discussed or shown in this presentation are not intended as an endorsement by the U. S. Department of Education.

• A professional learning community created to serve NSF's MSP projects

• Launched in January 2004

• Has over 5,500 members

MSPnet.org

• Provides a mechanism for projects to learn from each other

• Provides projects with interactive collaborative tools

• Allows for emergent communities to arise

Structure of Nested Communities

MSPnet Home Page: Guest View

MSPnet Home Page: Member View

Once you log in, you see 3 tabs:

MSPnet Hub, ED MSP and My MSPnet

ED MSP’s Space: Member View

Emergent Groups: Creating Working Groups

Working Groups allow you to create a smaller community to collaborate with. • The “project working group is open to all ED MSP members

• Working Groups can be big or small

• You can invite members to join a particular working group

• You can host discussions, share files, create surveys, and shared calendars

• Working Groups can be visible to all ED MSP members or they may be private and only visible to those whom you invite

My MSPnet

A Year Long Professional Learning Community

Most traditional professional development experiences might be anywhere from a day to a few weeks, with periodic follow-up. In contrast an online learning community exists year round.

 

Professional Development is recast as colleagues: 

• Sharing Resources

• Creating an Enlarged Collegial Network

• Engaging in Collaborative Work Online

• Disseminating Findings to Others

• Sharing and Creating Events

Sharing Resources & Keeping up to date

The Library Section has over 1,100 articles

• MSP Papers • MSP Key Features • Ed Change & Policy

• Teaching & Learning • Prof. Development • Higher Ed

The Resources Section has over 400 Resources

• Useful Websites • MSP Toolbox • Policy Updates

• NSF News • ED News

The MSP Showcase has over 500 Highlights

• Papers and Reports • Videos • Presentations • In the Press

Interact Online:

Hub Groups

(discussions and files)

Being Part of an Enlarged Collegial Network

Voices from the Field:

Rich archive of presentations

from the field

Engaging in Collaborative Work

Disseminating Results

• Post papers to the Library Section

• Post useful websites, evaluation protocols and assessment tools to the Resources Section

• Post Press Clippings, Videos and Reports to the Highlights Section

Sharing and Creating Events

• Share news, awards, conference and workshops with others in the ED community

• Use a shared calendar

• Create event registrations for the workshops that you run

http:mspnet.org

In the world of Online Learning Communities professional development always involves being both a consumer and producer of resources.

With that, I welcome your active participation on http://mspnet.org