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J O H N D A V I D S M I T HCoaching communities, their leaders
and their sponsors about technologies, politics and
learning
Choosing social mediafor communities –
mixing strong and weak ties
Apr 10, 2023 Learning Alliances
L E A R N I N G A L L I A N C E S
What I wish I had said
Social GROUPS discover and use social mediaDigital HABITATS support interaction & change
The Jeddah floods can help us understand: social media and Saudi society
A community of practice is a group of people who interact
over a sustained period of time to improve a skill or area of
knowledge.
http://bit.ly/CoP-radio
C O M M U N I T Y R A D I O I N T A N Z A N I A
J O S E P H S I K E K U
C O M M U N I T Y R A D I O I N TA N Z A N I A
COMMUNITY – Farmers, Joseph Sikeku, & others
DOMAIN – Farming practices, prices, etc.
PRACTICE – Farming
Listen to radio, audio interviews, send SMS text messages, face-to-face connections.
COMMUNITY
DOMAIN PRACTICE
Learningcapability
L
… meetings
… relationships
… community cultivation
… access to expertise
… projects
… context
… individual participation
… content publishing
… open-ended conversation
Community activities
oriented to …
Digital Habitats, Chapter 6© 2009 Wenger, White, and Smith
Community orientations…
STRENGTH OF TIES AND COMMUNITIES
Granovetter’s (1973) definition
Strength a result of a combination of:
• Amount of time• Emotional intensity• Intimacy (mutual confiding)• Reciprocal services• (“Multiplexity”)
… impacts tool choice• Twitter and blogs
extend weak ties• Skype and face-to-face
essential for strong ties• E-mail and forums are
in between
“All bridges are weak ties.”
C O M M U N I T Y O U T C O M E S
• Technical knowledge dissemination• A visible practice emerges• Farmers as researchers• Voice for a voiceless group• A sense of community empowerment
…. leads to a reduction in poverty
What tools to use?
Who are we?Where are we going?
How reach our destination?
Communities ask themselves…
10Apr 10, 2023 Learning Alliances
J O H N D A V I D S M I T HL E A R N I N G A L L I A N C E S
503. 963. [email protected]
http://LearningAlliances.netSkype and Twitter: smithjd
T H A N K Y O U !