Developing a Community of Practice for Open Education with the Community College Consortium for Open...

Developing a Community of Practice

for Open Education

Una DalyCCCOER Director@unatdaly

Quill WestCCCOER President@quill_west

“Ripples” by Sooraj Shajahan is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Community of Practice: A group of people who share a profession and common interest.

People come together around a common interest to:• Explore • Develop tools and skills• Share information• Develop personally and professionally

(Lave & Wenger 1991; Wenger 1998)

“Ripples of Colour” by Scott Cresswell is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Ripple open education throughout community colleges.

“Ice Ripples” by GollyGforce - Living My Worst Nightmare is licensed under CC BY 2.0

CoP: Add structure, without formality.

Norms of participation.Collective learning values.Tools to support collaboration and connection.Roles for members to play.

“Ripples of Colour” by Scott Cresswell is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Structure provides tools

Advisory listWeb meetingsWebinars

“Ice Ripples” by GollyGforce - Living My Worst Nightmare is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Growing members, growing leaders.

Lurkers.Occasional participants.Vocal participants.Core Leadership.

Post and Topics on Community List

“Ripple” by Andrew Magill is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Testing Ideas.

"Are You Ready to Free the Textbook?" by Michele Howard & Ryan Bernstein is licensed under CC BY 4.0

“Ripples” by Ed Dunens is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Connecting overlapping projects.

When possible we connect projects with people.

Webinars with Community Partners

“Skipping stones” by Pratap Sankar is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Shared tools to further the learning.

Annual Member Surveys

Community Growth 2016-17

20% OEC Membership IncreaseDoubled Community Members

Developing a Community of Practice

for Open Education

Una DalyCCCOER Director@unatdaly

Quill WestCCCOER President@quill_west