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Building
Online Community
Patrick
Lowenthal
Dept. of
EdTech.
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my Background
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Assistant Professor @ Boise State University
educator
researcher
designer
developer
Agenda
Communities of Practice
Online Learning
Communities
Benefits of Online
Community
Strategies for Building
Community
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COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
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Birth of an Idea?
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1991
1998
Birth of an Idea?
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1991
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“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
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Etienne Wenger
“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”
Obsessed with an Idea
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ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITIES
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What does
a learning
community
look like?
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What does
a learning
community
look like?
This?
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What does
a learning
community
look like?
Or this?
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What does
an online
learning
community
look like?
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What does
an online
learning
community
look like?
This?
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CoI’s Perspective
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Bounded Communities
Participation is required
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Don’t choose classmates or instructor
Fixed length of time
Explicit effort to connect with others
(Wilson et al., 2004)
Bounded Communities
Participation is required
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Don’t choose classmates or instructor
Fixed length of time
Explicit effort to connect with others
(Wilson et al., 2004)
Bounded Communities
Participation is required
slides @ patricklowenthal.com
Don’t choose classmates or instructor
Fixed length of time
Explicit effort to connect with others
(Wilson et al., 2004)
Bounded Communities
Participation is required
slides @ patricklowenthal.com
Don’t choose classmates or instructor
Fixed length of time
Explicit effort to connect with others
(Wilson et al., 2004)
BENEFITS OF ONLINE COMMUNITY
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Popular Books
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Benefits of Community
Provide a
social context
for the material
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Bridge
between
school & work
environments
Students feel
more
connected
within a
community
(Wilson et al., 2004)
Benefits of Community
Provide a
social context
for the material
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Bridge
between
school & work
environments
Students feel
more
connected
within a
community
(Wilson et al., 2004)
Benefits of Community
Provide a
social context
for the material
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Bridge
between
school & work
environments
Students feel
more
connected
within a
community
(Wilson et al., 2004)
STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING
COMMUNITY
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Building Community
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Interaction Social
Presence
CollaborationCommunity
Where to Begin???
Student-to-student Interaction & presence
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Student-to-teacher Interaction & presence
Collaboration
Student Bios
Aladdin’s Lamp
Superhero
Powers
Digital Stories
Student Bios
Photo Roster5 minute phone call
Teacher Bios
Digital Stories Scholarship & Philosophy
Threaded Discussions
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Reconnecting Strategies
Soundtrack of your life Virtual Paper Bag
Feedback Strategies
Video Feedback
Group Work
Peer Review
Group Work
Document Co-Creation
Organic Interaction
Social Media
Situated/location-based
Presence
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What do you think?
How do you build
community in your
courses?
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CONTACT ME
Patrick Lowenthal
patricklowenthal@boisestate.edu
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