BUILDING OPEN COMMUNITIES

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Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do, and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.

Etienne Wenger

OPEN means many things

• Formal or not• Credit or not or both• Distributed or not• Free or not• Open enrolment or not• Open licensed content or not

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashkyd/8769131526/ by ashkyd

OPEN does change things

• Potentially more complex• Prepare for the unknown• New possibilities• Many hats• Emerging and multiple facilitators• New formats• Less control• More flexible• Selective attention• More organizational and less intellectual?

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Archives available forever

Forums, wikis, polls, etc clustered together

by topic

Summaries – what we accomplished together

Wide open. No login to read

Some ambitious projects

Access to synchronous tools

Embed content such as photos from Flickr

RSS feeds from relevant discussions

How do we make this happen? Volunteers!

Design for Success

• Participation on the periphery• Community steward• Attention to history• Bridge and connect to enrich and advance dialogue• Rhythm and variety, build anticipation• Focus on people and dialogue• Ideas for activities emerge through participation• Mutual exchange of services / collaboration• Different modes and levels of engagement

Organizational

Social

Intellectual

GROUP ACTIVITY• 3 groups• Case: upcoming OPEN online workshop• Choose a focus: Intellectual, Social, Organizational• Review and brainstorm planning questions you should

consider• Select top 2 to report back to full group

BREAKOUT ROOMYou can jump in and out of breakout rooms as many times as you like. This is how…

Moving to Breakout Rooms

This means you are in the main room

Click on the drop down menu to choose the breakout room

Click on the room you would like to join.

In a Breakout Room… • Only one person can talk at a time. Press the talk button when

you want to talk. When you’re done, press again to turn off your mic.

• Anyone can post in the chat area anytime. No need to wait for your turn!

Talk button to turn your miC on and off

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Sticky Notes

Add Sticky Notes

Magnifying Glass Color code dots

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Adding and Writing New Sticky

Click on the Plus sign to add new sticky

Double click to edit the content of sticky

Remove by hover over the sticky and click the “x”

Note: You can move the sticky by clicking and

dragging.

Zoom in and out the board

Big Stickies

Small StickiesBy Clicking on the Magnifying Glass, you can toggle between small and big stickies for more room

Click and pull corner to enlarge board

GROUP TASKBring back to the main room 1-2 key questions to consider when designing an open workshop

Activity Debrief• What were the risks in the design?• What would have made this activity better?• What are your suggestions for a next step in this

activity?

http://www.ewenger.com/theory/

Paulsen, MF 1995, 'Moderating Educational Computer Conferences', in ZL Berge & MP Collins (eds) Computer-mediated Communication and the On-line Classroom in Distance Education, Hampton Press, Cresskill, NJ.

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Sylvia Currie scurrie@bccampus.ca@currie

Hilda Anggraenihanggraeni@bccampus.ca