5. Technology stewards
enable people to…
• discover & appropriate useful
technology
• be in and use communities &
networks (people)
• express their identity
• find and create content
• usefully participate
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8. addressing inherentaddressing inherent
community polaritiescommunity polarities
Group
Individual
Participation
Reification
asynchronous synchronous
discussion
boards
teleconference
chat
instant
messaging
member
directory
wikiblog
telephony/
VoIP
individual
profile page
e-mail
e-mail lists
scratch pad
RSS
“new”
indicators
subscription
podcast
content
repository
presence
indicator
buddy list
security
Q&A systems
RSS
aggregator
newsletter
calendar
videoconference
application
sharing
whiteboard
site index
participation
statistics
search
subgroups
personalization
community
public page
version
control
document
management
UseNet
content
rating
scheduling
polling
commenting
networking tools
tagging
bookmarking
shared
filtering
geomapping
interest
filter
Etienne Wenger In collaboration with Nancy White and John Smith
micro-
blogging
Technology stewardship is not a solo gig, but by, of and for the community. It is about that balance between control and emergence, between "self-organizing" and "organizing on behalf of others." It balances the wisdom of the group, with the reality of getting things done.
Stewardship typically includes selecting and configuring technology, as well as supporting its use in the practice of the community.” It’s not just an “up front set up role” but something that is part of the life of the community. Etienne Wenger says 'Design and little and practice a lot.' That applies to any aspect of community leadership!
These roles and practices create the conditions that enable people to….
In our research of CoPs we noticed 9 general patterns of activities that characterized a community’s orientation. Most had a mix, but some were more prominent in every case.
Image: Wenger, White and Smith, 2007
Sliders – as we think about how we pick, design and deploy technology, what sort of intentionality do we want with respect to these tensions? More importantly, how do we use them as ways to track our community’s health, make adjustments in both technology and practice.