This document discusses woodland owner networks and peer-to-peer learning. It outlines current projects exploring how woodland owners share information through social networks, including egocentric network analysis and qualitative case studies. The benefits of peer networks are explained, such as serving as a preferred information source. Structural network theory concepts are reviewed that can help understand information diffusion through networks, like network density and centrality. Roles to support peer learning are proposed, such as organizing learning spaces and moderating information sharing.

1. Woodland Owner Networks and Peer-to-Peer Learning Eli Sagor University of Minnesota Extension Shorna Broussard Allred Cornell University Maureen McDonough Michigan State University Small-scale Forestry 2009 Morgantown, WV

2. Project Origins

10. Diffusion models: two-step flow Source: Watts & Dodds 2007, J. Consumer Research

11. Diffusion models: network Source: Watts & Dodds 2007, J. Consumer Research

17. Davis Role: Organize learning space

18. Role: Moderator

19. Role: Support volunteers

24. Forest Landowner Networks in New York Shorna Broussard, Cornell

25. What did you do, in part, as a result of your contact and communication with a NYMFO?

27. A qualitative case study approach

30. Roles: Two-step flow model

31. Roles: network model

32. Building a network

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41. Join us! http://WoodlandOwnerNetworks.ning.com or http://bit.ly/10G9ky Eli Sagor, [email_address]