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“This isn’t what
I thought it
was…”community in the
network age
Nancy White
Full Circle Associates
http://www.fullcirc.com
Thanks, Lisa, Val and Ian
#1 What do we really MEAN
by community?
http://technologyforcommunities.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sveinhal/2201546999/
Tech + Social:
Technology has
fundamentally changed
how we can be together
http://www.flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/4777491309/
Go
Solo?
Thinking,
my tasks,
exploring…
Pairs, triads and very small groups?
Reciprocal
Apprenticeship (Levy)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachstern/87431231/
Fly with the flock?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/odreiuqzide/3184901242/
Roam the network?
Many: Networks
We: Communities
Me: the IndividualPersonal
identity,
interest &
trajectory
Bounded
membership;
group identity,
shared interest,
human centeredBoundaryless; fuzzy,
intersecting
interests, object
centered sociality
(Engeström)
Many: Networks
We: Communities
Me: the IndividualConsciousness,
confidence
level, risk
tolerance,
styles, emotionDistinct power/trust
dynamics, shared
forward movement or
strong blocking,
bonding, stasis, attn.
to maintenance,
languageFlows around
blocks, bridging,
brokering, less
cohesion,
distributed
power/trust, change
Many: Networks
We: Communities
Me: the IndividualMy email,
journals, email,
portfolios,
Facebook page,
etc.
Meetings, confs.,
projects, wikis,
group blogs,
collaborative
platforms…Facebook,
ELGG, Twitter,
YouTube,
Wikipedia,etc…
#2
Roles
enable people to…
• discover & appropriate useful technology
• be in and use communities &
networks (people)
• express their identity
• find and create content
• usefully participate
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stillthedudeabides/186852754/
facilitators
community leaders
technology stewards
network weaversIndependent thinkers
moderators
#3 Activity
Orientations
Spidergram
… meetings
… relationships
… community
cultivation
… access to
expertise
… projects
… context
… individual
participation
… content
publishing
… open-ended
conversation
Community
activities
oriented to …
Base material from:
Digital Habitats: Stewarding technology for
communities
© 2009 Wenger, White, and Smith
• Meetings – Web meeting tools for online, shared calendars and wikis for planning, wikis, blogs, images/audio/video to capture and share during and after.
• Projects – Email lists/forums to coordinate, shared calendars, project management trackers, blogs to journal/report.
• Access to expertise – Online profiles, social networking sites, “yellow pages,” discussion forums, blogs.
• Relationship – Twitter/IM to share small frequent messages, member directories, Skype/VoIp for conversation.
• Context – Public, open websites for outward facing. Password protected for inward facing groups.
• Community cultivation – Outward facing web sites to attract members, Twitter/IM to feel connected, Skype for voice.
• Individual participation –RSS/aggregators, tagging, so people can craft what content they get, customizable settings on web tools, using synch and asynch
• Content – content management systems, blogs, wikis, podcasts, social bookmarking, tags, video/audio, images, mindmapping.
• Open ended conversation – email lists, forums, Twitter, chat.
Base material from: Digital Habitats: Stewarding technology for communities
© 2009 Wenger, White, and Smith
Orientations
Picking tools?
How?
activities
oriented to …
Community Name: KM4Dev
global knowledge sharing network
… open-ended
conversation
… meetings
… projects
… access to
expertise
… relationships
… context… community
cultivation
… individual
participation
… content
publishing
Base material from:
Digital Habitats: Stewarding technology for
communities
© 2009 Wenger, White, and Smith
With only one meeting a
year, large size and
diversity, KM4Dev
focuses on enabling
individual participation.
Community knowledge wiki,
content management system
to bring together resources.
Email list is core of
community activity
Once a year and only about
10% do/can participate.
When funding allows. E.G.
supporting ShareFair
Informally via the email list
by asking/answering
questions.
Relationships mostly via
meetings and core group.
Strongly
external – all
resources
public/shared.While everyone pays
attention to the
community, no
centralized efforts…
activities
oriented to …
Example: The Environmental
Resource Network
… open-ended
conversation
… meetings
… projects
… access to
expertise
… relationships
… context… community
cultivation
… individual
participation
… content
Monthly meetings with
everyone at the university
concerned about the
environment, shared calendars
Awareness events,
orientation for environmental
student groups, workshops
Inviting experts to monthly
meetings/events/workshop
s
Twitter, Facebook,
email list, member
directories
Public. Minutes are
shared. Network is
accountable to all
students who pay a
levy
Members connected
through a shared
interest
Anyone with an interest in the
environment can be a member
but the network targets active
student groups, rss
Blog,
website,
Bump into another
member? Have a
conversation, emails
Base material from: Digital Habitats: Stewarding technology for communities, © 2009 Wenger, White, and Smith
activities
oriented to …
ERN and KM4Dev-ers
… open-ended
conversation
… meetings
… projects
… access to
expertise
… relationships
… context
… community
cultivation
… individual
participation
… content
publishing
Base material from:
Digital Habitats: Stewarding technology for
communities
© 2009 Wenger, White, and Smith
Epilogue
Resources:
www.technologyforcommunities.com
http://davecormier.com/edblog/2010/
01/27/community-as-curriculum-vol-
2-the-guild-distribute-continuum/
Contact
Nancy White
nancyw at fullcirc dot com
http:www.fullcirc.com
@NancyWhitehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/poagao/527259905/