Digital Counter Spaces: Creating Our Own Space

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 | 11:30 – 12:15 p.m.Millenium Centre, Room 120

Dr. Jeffrey Alston, Director, Career Center, East Tennessee State University

Shamika N. Karikari, Associate Director, Residence Life, Miami University

Outline

• Introduction & Learning Outcomes• Defining & Understanding digital

communities• Overview of creation of digital

communities• Benefits of digital communities• Audience Discussion• Wrap Up

Learning Outcomes• Participants will learn about digital

communities• Participants will evaluate the strengths of

participating in digital communities• Participants will leave with next steps on

how to create a digital community and/or strengthen connections in current digital communities

Collaborators

Digital Counter Spaces

When you think of a digital community, what comes to mind?

What characteristics makes a strong digital community?

Defining & Understanding Digital CommunitiesDigital Communities• Community of Practice mirrored to online

courses that allows for a collaborative network

• Burns, E. A., Howard, J. K., & Kimmel, S. C. (2016)

Connectivism• Social learning that is networked

• Duke, B., Harper, G., & Johnston, M. (2013)

Creation of our Digital Communities: MOCinCS & WOCinCS

Benefits & Necessity of Digital Communities

Ethnicity M F

AA 308 106

HA 210 71

AA 106 30

HPI 13 6

Total 637 213

Benefits of Digital Communities• When asked about

experiencing challenges navigating Career Services or University Relations: “I experienced racism, discrimination by staff, faculty and students, ageism regarding my knowledge of career development to my age”.

Necessity of Digital Communities

Lessons Learned...1. Thirst for diverse talent

a. “People don’t just accept jobs, they accept communities”.

b. How intentional are offices being with developing and looking for talent?

2. We need a space a. Takes away from “can’t too many of us be in one

space”. 3. Who knew there were so many of us? 4. Authentic relationships, mentoring,

research/collaboration opportunitiesa. Celebrating our successes

Next Steps & Audience Discussion

• Digital Counter Spaces Worksheet

Did we meet the Learning Outcomes?

• Participants will learn about digital communities

• Participants will evaluate the strengths of participating in digital communities

• Participants will leave with next steps on how to create a digital community and/or strengthen connections in current digital communities

Questions