Technology for/and/by

Community

Nancy White

Full Circle Associates

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Community…

Perspective

Community < -- > Technology

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The simplest thing that could possibly work…

Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki

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Polarities

TOGETHERNESS SEPARATENESS

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Community timeCommunity space

Shifting….

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INTERACTING PUBLISHING

Vocabularies, tools, concepts, methods, stories, papers, pictures, reports…

Conversing, experimenting, practicing, learning, planning…

INDIVIDUAL GROUP

Designed for groups, experienced as individuals

Does not imply homogeneity

Multimembership

Togetherness Separateness

Interacting Publishing

Individual Group

Thinking abouttools

addressing inherentcommunity tensions Tools

Groupasynchronous

IndividualInteracting

Publishing

synchronousGroup

asynchronous

discussion boards

teleconference

chat

instant messaging

member directory

wikiblog

telephony/VoIP

individualprofile page

e-mail

e-mail lists

scratch pad

RSS

“new” indicators

subscription

podcast

contentrepository

presenceindicator

buddy list

security

Q&A systems

RSS aggregator

newsletter

calendar

videoconference

application sharing

whiteboard

site index

participation statistics

search

subgroups

personalization

communitypublic page

versioncontrol

documentmanagement

UseNet

contentrating

scheduling

polling

commenting

social networking

tools

tagging

individualbookmarking

sharedfiltering

geomapping

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micro-blogging

socialbookmarking

mashups

Activities

Community profilesas patterns of togetherness

Community activities

oriented to …

… meetings

… context… community cultivation

… access to expertise

… projects… open-ended conversation

… content publishing

… individual participation

… relationships

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… meetings

… access to expertise

… context… community cultivation

… projects… open-ended conversation

… content publishing

… individual participation

… relationships

© 2006 Wenger, White, and Smith

Community activities

oriented to …

Course

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog Learner’s

Blog

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog

Learner’sBlog

CentralBlog

ExternalReader

ExternalReader

RSS FEED

Reader

Reader

Reader

Reader

Reader

Reader

Reader

Reader

Reader

Reader

Reader

Reader

ExternalReader

Roster

Syllabus

Schedule

Course

… meetings

… access to expertise

… context… community cultivation

… projects… open-ended conversation

… content publishing

… individual participation

… relationships

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Community activities

oriented to …

Support Community

Forums

Directories

BlogBlog

BlogBlogBlog

BlogBlog

Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog

BlogBlog

Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog

Social networking tools

SupportCommunity

… meetings

… access to expertise

… context… community cultivation

… projects… open-ended conversation

… content publishing

… individual participation

… relationships

© 2006 Wenger, White, and Smith

Community activities

oriented to …

Edubloggers

Edubloggers

Community my arise between the blogs around shared interest

Edublogger #2

Edublogger #3

Edublogger #1

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Fusion

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Community Technology Stewardship

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“Technology stewards are people with enough experience of the workings of a community to understand its technology needs, and enough experience with technology to take leadership in addressing those needs…

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Stewardship typically includes selecting and configuring technology, as well as supporting its use in the practice of the community.”

Wenger, White and Smith, 2007

Technology for/and/by

Community

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Epilogue

Resources

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ContactNancy Whitenancyw at fullcirc dot com

Chocolate?

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