Week 3 session for the First Steps In Learning and Teaching MOOC http://openbrookes.net/firststeps13/

1. BUILDING OPEN
COMMUNITIES
CC-BY

2. Communities of practice are groups of people who share a
concern or a passion for something they do, and learn how to do
it better as they interact regularly.
Etienne Wenger

3. OPEN means many things
• Formal or not
• Credit or not or both
• Distributed or not
• Free or not
• Open enrolment or not
• Open licensed content or not
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashkyd/8769131526/by ashkyd

4. OPEN does change things
• Potentially more complex
• Prepare for the unknown
• New possibilities
• Many hats
• Emerging and multiple facilitators
• New formats
• Less control
• More flexible
• Selective attention
• More organizational and less intellectual?

6. S`

9. Archives available forever
Forums, wikis, polls, etc
clustered together
by topic
Summaries – what we
accomplished together
Wide open. No login to read
Some ambitious projects

10. Access to synchronous tools
Embed content such as
photos from Flickr
RSS feeds from
relevant discussions

11. How do we make this happen? Volunteers!

13. Design for Success
• Participation on the periphery
• Community steward
• Attention to history
• Bridge and connect to enrich and advance
dialogue
• Rhythm and variety, build anticipation
• Focus on people and dialogue
• Ideas for activities emerge through participation
• Mutual exchange of services / collaboration
• Different modes and levels of engagement

14. Organizational
Social
Intellectual

15. GROUP ACTIVITY
• 3 groups
• Case: upcoming OPEN online workshop
• Choose a focus: Intellectual, Social, Organizational
• Review and brainstorm planning questions you should
consider
• Select top 2 to report back to full group

16. BREAKOUT ROOM
You can jump in and out of breakout rooms as
many times as you like. This is how…

17. Moving to Breakout Rooms
This means you are
in the main room
Click on the drop down menu
to choose the breakout room
Click on the room you
would like to join.

18. In a Breakout Room…
• Only one person can talk at a time. Press the talk button when
you want to talk. When you’re done, press again to turn off your
mic.
• Anyone can post in the chat area anytime. Noneed to wait for
yourturn!
Talk button to turn your
miCon and off

19. Scrumblr
Sticky Notes
Add Sticky Notes
Magnifying Glass Color code dots
http://scrumblr.ca/

20. Adding and Writing New Sticky
Click on the Plus sign to
add new sticky
Double click to edit the
content of sticky
Remove by hover over
the sticky and click the “x”
Note: You can
move the sticky
by clicking and
dragging.

21. Zoom in and out the board
Big Stickies
Small Stickies
By Clicking on the
Magnifying Glass, you
can toggle between
small and big stickies for
more room
Click and pull corner to enlarge board

25. GROUP TASK
Bring back to the main room 1-2 key
questions to consider when designing an
open workshop

26. Activity Debrief
• What were the risks in the design?
• What would have made this activity better?
• What are your suggestions for a next step in this
activity?

27. http://www.ewenger.com/theory/
Paulsen, MF 1995, 'Moderating Educational Computer Conferences', in ZL
Berge & MP Collins (eds) Computer-mediated Communication and the On-
line Classroom in Distance Education, Hampton Press, Cresskill, NJ.
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Sylvia Currie
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@currie
Hilda Anggraeni
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