EdMediaMe, We and Everyone: navigating the spaces between individuals, groups and networks

Nancy WhiteFull Circle Associates

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discuss

poll

discuss

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Story

Implications

Practices

Once upon a time…

Writing a bookDeveloping a social media workshopBuilding social media capacity

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Go Solo?

Fly with the flock?

Roam the network?

Tech + Social:Tech + Social:Technology has

fundamentally changed how we can be together

Many: Networks

We: Communities

Me: the IndividualPersonal

identity, interest & trajectory

Bounded membership; group identity, shared interest, human centered

Boundaryless; fuzzy, intersecting interests, object centered sociality (Engeström)

Many: Networks

We: Communities

Me: the IndividualSelf, identity, consciousness, confidence level, risk tolerance, styles, emotion

Distinct power/trust dynamics, shared forward movement or strong blocking, stasis, attention to maintenance, language

Flows around blocks, less cohesion, distributed power/trust, change

By the way, thanks to THE NETWORK!

@Cosmocat

@band

@BlancheMaynard

@gshirley

@jonhusband

@trucano

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Many: Networks

We: Communities

Me: the IndividualIndividual access, personal learning environments …

Classes, informal learning cohorts, conferences, clubs…

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia,etc…

Poll: Where are you currently aiming your efforts?

Part 2: Why does this matter?

Assess and discernDesign across the continuum Shift across the continuum

implications

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becoming conscious

Purpose: why might we care about this?

ACTION!

Employ-ment

Econ-omics

What is one area in your work were more attention to the continuum of “me, we and the network” might support your purpose?

So what do we DO?

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Togetherness Separateness

Interacting Publishing

Individual Group Network

me/we/network time & space

TOGETHERNESS SEPARATENESS

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INTERACTING PUBLISHING

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INTERACTING PUBLISHING

How do we design it?

… 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

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activities oriented

to …

Community Name: KM4Devglobal 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…

… meetings

… relationships

… community cultivation

… access to expertise

… projects

… context

… individual participation

… content publishing

… open-ended conversation

activities oriented

to …

Base material from: Digital Habitats: Stewarding technology for communities

© 2009 Wenger, White, and Smith

Network Group Individual

Designed for groups, experienced as individuals

Does not imply homogeneity

Multimembership

Attention

Scale

What processes

mightwe be using? What roles?

How do we enable people to…

discover & appropriate useful technologybe in and use communities & networks (people)express their identity find and create contentusefully participate

? ? ?

community leaderstechnology stewards network weaversIndependent thinkers

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What practices can you build on? What

new practices might you introduce?

Epilogue

Resources:onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.comme_we_network

www.technologyforcommunities.com

ContactNancy Whitenancyw at fullcirc dot com

http:www.fullcirc.com@NancyWhite

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