APM Welcome, APM North West Network Conference, Synergies Across Sectors
Teach & Learn in Global Communities of Practice
1. Learn and Teach
in Global Communities of Practice
Barbara Lindsey, Melina Masterson, Claudio Pinna, Carsten Witt
University of Connecticut
LARC Social Media Workshop
July 30, 2012
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3. Who are we?
I am:
a) a FLES teacher
b) a middle school teacher
c) a high school teacher
d) a higher ed teacher
e) other _______________________
(if E, please write in the text chat “E” followed by what you
do”)
5. Guiding Framework
Photo credit: Gee's Bend quilting bee by acnatta http://www.flickr.com/photos/29218907@N00/272261169
"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
http://www.ewenger.com/theory/
74. Quick Poll:
I have tried out a new method, practice
or activity with my students and shared
my results with colleagues
a) often
b) occasionally
c) never
80. Our Question For You
Photo credit: Gee's Bend quilting bee by acnatta http://www.flickr.com/photos/29218907@N00/272261169
What one idea presented here could you use
to help build and/or strengthen your
communities of practice?
81. Creative Commons Licensed
Resources
Diigo List of Resources:
http://www.diigo.com/list/lindseybp/larc_global_communities
Presenters:
Barbara Lindsey: http://goo.gl/0E6Yo
Melina Masterson: http://goo.gl/TfvB8
Claudio Pinna: http://goo.gl/FSsMR
Carsten Witt: http://goo.gl/tLRxv
This is the first post back in 2007 and still accessible, as are all past course work, including students’ comments. We also have links to current and former students’ own course blogs and wikis. How does this change the way we can teach and learn?\n
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Challenge was in meeting the needs of a member of our learning community who was based at a branch campus and couldn’t make our f2f meeting times.\n
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Main learning environment is not behind a walled garden of a course management system, but rather open to the world via our blog and our wiki.\n
Learning opportunities don’t need to end when the course ‘ends’. Collaboration and engagement can continue with social media tools like this wiki.\n
Our community of practice can include individuals we’ve never met but who share a common passion and from whom we can learn.\n
We share a continuously growing COLLABORATIVE collection of resources that we can all access online anytime, anywhere, even after the course ends.\n