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Digital Counter Spaces: Creating Our Own Space
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 | 11:30 – 12:15 p.m.Millenium Centre, Room 120
Dr. Jeffrey Alston, Director, Career Center, East Tennessee State University
Shamika N. Karikari, Associate Director, Residence Life, Miami University
Outline
• Introduction & Learning Outcomes• Defining & Understanding digital
communities• Overview of creation of digital
communities• Benefits of digital communities• Audience Discussion• Wrap Up
Learning Outcomes• Participants will learn about digital
communities• Participants will evaluate the strengths of
participating in digital communities• Participants will leave with next steps on
how to create a digital community and/or strengthen connections in current digital communities
Collaborators
Digital Counter Spaces
When you think of a digital community, what comes to mind?
What characteristics makes a strong digital community?
Defining & Understanding Digital CommunitiesDigital Communities• Community of Practice mirrored to online
courses that allows for a collaborative network
• Burns, E. A., Howard, J. K., & Kimmel, S. C. (2016)
Connectivism• Social learning that is networked
• Duke, B., Harper, G., & Johnston, M. (2013)
Creation of our Digital Communities: MOCinCS & WOCinCS
Benefits & Necessity of Digital Communities
Ethnicity M F
AA 308 106
HA 210 71
AA 106 30
HPI 13 6
Total 637 213
Benefits of Digital Communities• When asked about
experiencing challenges navigating Career Services or University Relations: “I experienced racism, discrimination by staff, faculty and students, ageism regarding my knowledge of career development to my age”.
Necessity of Digital Communities
Lessons Learned...1. Thirst for diverse talent
a. “People don’t just accept jobs, they accept communities”.
b. How intentional are offices being with developing and looking for talent?
2. We need a space a. Takes away from “can’t too many of us be in one
space”. 3. Who knew there were so many of us? 4. Authentic relationships, mentoring,
research/collaboration opportunitiesa. Celebrating our successes
Next Steps & Audience Discussion
• Digital Counter Spaces Worksheet
Did we meet the Learning Outcomes?
• Participants will learn about digital communities
• Participants will evaluate the strengths of participating in digital communities
• Participants will leave with next steps on how to create a digital community and/or strengthen connections in current digital communities
Questions