1. Networking and Online Communities
Ali Bostancioglu
Learning2gether with Multi MOOC EVO sessions
02 Feb,2014

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Orient
Declare
Network
Cluster
Focus

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Network
Cluster

4.  Continuous
Technology
Professional
Development, but Why?
 Networks and
Communities of Practice
in the service of
Professional Development

5. Pervasiveness of Technology
 Technological change is
fast
 Teachers need to keep up with and develop
new ways of integrating technology.
 Online possibilities as an alternative to f2f
training (time and cost effective)
 Your presence here is a sign that you are
already aware of those topics so I will move
on quickly.
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Network: ““refers to the set
of relationships, personal
interactions, and
connections among
participants who have
personal reasons to connect”
(Wenger et al., 2011, p. 9)

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Community “the development of a shared
identity around a topic or set of challenges”
and “represents a collective intention to
steward a domain of knowledge and to
sustain learning about it” (Wenger et
al., 2011).

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Community
Provides a domain where members could
cooperate
Resources which members could benefit from
Teaching
techniques, tools, suggestions, perspectives,
and so on
History

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However,
A certain amount of interaction and
engagement is necessary.
Not everyone is required to commit to the
community at the same level
A Community could dissolve if members feel
that they have achieved their shared goal.
Not the case for technology though.

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Nodes as ties for learning
Learning partnership does not have to be
sustained
No commitment to a domain is required
Enables access to rich data
Spontaneous and unpredictable
Collective exploration is possible

12. However,
 Noise and
diffusion,
 Maintaining
connections
 Self-direction
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While they are two distinct terms, they are not
at opposite ends.
In fact, they are interrelated.
Big community can involve multiple networks
A network could essentially develop into a
community
“The social learning process is enhanced by
dynamic interplay of both community and
network processes” (Wenger et
al, 2011, p.13)

14. Community;
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Open vs Closed communities
Look for group description
Look at the date and frequency of posts
Orientate yourself
Look for explicit/ implicit rules
Keep up with the community

15. Check profiles of
potential nodes
 Use Twitter and
LinkedIn
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More on the use of Twitter
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/f
iles/2011/11/PublishedTwitter_Guide_Sept_2011.pdf
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Wikis and Blogs

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How different Social Media Platforms could be
used in the service of Professional
development?
Review of Social Media Platforms;
http://social-networking-websitesreview.toptenreviews.com/
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Twitter
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LinkedIn

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Facebook
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Google +
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Hootsuite
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Integrating Twitter with Facebook

19. 
Lave, J., & Wenger, E. (1991). Situated
learning: Legitimate peripheral participation.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Wenger, E., Trayner, B., & De Laat, M.F.
(2011). Promoting and assessing value
creation in communities and networks: A
conceptual framework. Heerlen: Ruud de
Moor Centrum, OU

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Where does one’s social identity end and
professional identity begin?
Is it possible/ useful to mix both identities?
Could we separate them? (i.e. creating
accounts for professional use and other
accounts for personal use)