tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47594454285681886332012-02-16T05:03:57.891-08:00Some ruminations about educational professional learning communities, professional development, social learning and online learning.Marcel Bruynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08419983779582130750noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4759445428568188633.post-32522062928030040822008-10-30T20:06:00.000-07:002008-10-30T20:10:43.467-07:00

With many people now joining multiple social networks the problem becomes how to manage them all. I had started using netvibes for that, and then came across this excellent guide written by Steve Hargadon (of Education.ning.com and classroom20 ning fame). He describes using pageflakes to collect the forum posts, video and photo additions etc onto a separate page for each ning ocmmunity he is a

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Well I have been around the traps trying many different types of online environments from wikis to blogs to enterprise LMSs and more. The needs of each community will be different, however I am narrowing down my preferred tool.The decision has been difficult since there are many competing feature choices:Integration of features provided by enterprise systems compared with a need to mash together

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First, 11 comments. Wahoo and thankyou. Of course this reawakens my need (duty as a community member) to engage with the blogs of others. Reciprocal fairness is important, and I think should be explicitly stated in a new community. A case of making expected community norms explicit (Australian Flexible Learning Framework). Also amounts to how we socialise, we will naturally miagrate away from

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Here follows alittle bit of a end of the working day rant. To be honest I always thought the word blog was annoying. Now that I have one and read some I am coming around a bit, but have yet to perceive their great value in promoting community. I am yet to be convinced. I don't know if I am a Scrooge, but 'bah humbug' springs occasionally to mind when I hear people effusing about blogs. Mind you

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Well, having thought a bit more about semantics and definitions, I thought I might try and create a visual matrix of trying to distinguish the terms. So I am not sure given the confusion of definitions whether this is useful or not. I do believe that the underlying elements of community is what is important, so maybe we can graph groups, networks and CoPs (to use three) along three dimensions.

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I am double-dipping here a bit maybe, but I am including a post I made on the FOC discussion group on my blog as well. I suppose this reflects my perception that the discussion forum is where a lot of the active community is at.With regards to whether a community can be intentionally set up. My experience and research suggest yes and no. I see a general order of evolution:1. A need/purpose arises

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Here are some comments on the ongoing discussion on the group email of what is an online community. I am not yet entirely convinced of what I will write here, but these thoughts have arisen as I think about the nature of networked learning as I proceed along my learning journey in this area. The issue with discussing ‘What is an online community?’ is that it is a case of semantics. In

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SO here begins my blogged learning journey.First up, a short intro on me: first generation Aussie to Dutch parents; grew up in gorgeous Tasmania.biology science degree and ecological research (freshwater invertebrates)moved to teaching, primarily maths/science (with a couple of years at AQIS)NOW: teaching on a remote island (Groote Eylandt) in the Northern Territory (

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