Project ICT Support Strategy to the Third Sector Model and Delivery

York, 18 April 2007 e-VOLUTION

Third Sector Transnational Workshop

PROJECT’S AIMS

•TO CREATE AN ACTIVE NETWORK AMONG VCO’S ACTORS TOWARDS THE REALIZATION OF AN OPEN

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

• TO PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT OF A SUPPORT NETWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IN THE

THIRD SECTOR

PROJECT’S AIMS

•TO CREATE AN ACTIVE NETWORK AMONG VCO’S ACTORS TOWARDS THE REALIZATION OF AN OPEN

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

• TO PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT OF A SUPPORT NETWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IN THE

THIRD SECTOR

What does mean “COMUNET”?

COMMUNITY NETWORK

Improvement of VCO actors professionalism

Enhancement of organizational efficiency through the use of Open Source software

Increase of sistem integration and cooperation among different VCO through the use of Web devices

  Introduction and testing of e-learning innovative model

Expected outcomes

Training on line of a group of animators (just engaged in VCO) for

Learning Communities and Communities of Practice on line for the Third Sector

Training on line of a group of animators (just engaged in VCO) for

Learning Communities and Communities of Practice on line for the Third Sector

The outcomes are espected to be get through the following steps

Training on line of 100 VCO operators, with the support of the animators prevoiuslytrained, as Open Source solutions designers for the Third Sector

Start up of an open web learning community about Open Source and Third Sector  Start up of an open web learning community about Open Source and Third Sector  

.  .  Evolution, thanks to the groups trained, of the open web Learning Community in an authentic Community of Practice extended to the partecipation of all VCO

The selected training model is namedComplex Learning

TRAINING MODEL

Complex Learning model transforms the Web complexity in an opportunity for exploiting informal and

not formal knowledge through the actvation of collaborative processes

starting from the creation of a Learning Community and tawards the development of a

Community of Practice

acquisition of strategic collaborative competences oriented to the management of learning, problem setting and problem solving

development of meta-cognitive ability of planning, auto-monitoring e auto-assessment

connection among theory, practice and research

Knowledge condivision and collaborative construction of knowledge through the interaction

COMPLEX LEARNING MODEL PROMOTES

COMPLEX LEARNING MODELcarry out inside a web learning community

where usual roles are leaved:

everyone is supposed to have knowledge and comeptences to share

in order to solve common problems

there are no propedeuthic steps or closed group classroom

everyone, included tutor, is a “primus inter pares”

is to promote a flexible and rapid knowledge and practice sharing according to a peer to peer and many to many communication model

PRIMARY FEATURE OF COMPLEX LEARNING MODEL

In a word it requires and improve abilities in managing complexity

La Community Comunetwww.equal-comunet.it/forum

Even you, as stakeholder of Third Sector or Open Source expert, can take part to the Community giving your account or proposing your theme of interest or problem to solve toghether.

Designing of virtual learning environment and communication devices

Pre-design

Methodologic design

Technologic design

Preliminary design based on needs analysis, Project aims and theoric paradigms of e-learning model recognised in scientific literature

Identification and designing of training methodologies and strategies, choose of tools and topics, individuation of resources

COMPLEX LEARNING MODEL DESIGNING STEPS