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Making sense of the technology landscapefor groups &communities
Nancy WhiteFull Circle Associates
Digital Habitats
This knowledge thing...
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enable people to…
• discover & appropriate useful technology
• be in and use communities & networks (people)
• express their identity • find and create content• usefully participate
Tech + Social:Tech + Social:Technology has
fundamentally changed how we can be together
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Go Solo?
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Fly with the flock?
Roam the network?
Assumption: Social Learning
(and? “social objects” and “socio-material networks la Engstrom...)
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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 Individualconsciousness, 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
Many: Networks
We: Communities
Me: the IndividualIndividual access, personal learning environments …
Classes, informal learning cohorts, conferences, clubs…Facebook,
Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia,etc…
the CONTINUUM...
Triangulating to Outside
Connections
Alone... in prison…
Hopefulness…support
Connection
Innovation…
External Validation
Frame #2Polarities
Togetherness Separateness
Interacting/participation Publishing/reification
Individual Group
TOGETHERNESS SEPARATENESS
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community timecommunity space
shifting engagement & rhythm...
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Participation Reification
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INTERACTING PUBLISHING
Vocabularies, tools, concepts, methods, stories, papers, pictures, reports…
Conversing, experimenting, practicing, learning, planning…
INDIVIDUAL GROUP
Designed for groups, experienced as individuals
Does not imply homogeneity
Multimembership
Attention
Togetherness Separateness
Participation Reification
Individual Group
Roles
facilitators community leaderstechnology stewards network weaversIndependent thinkers
What the %&*# is a
technology steward?
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Nancy WhiteFull Circle Associates
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“Technology stewards are people with enough experience of the workings of a community to understand its technology needs, and enough experience with technology to take leadership in addressing those needs…
Stewardship typically includes selecting and configuring technology, as well as supporting its use in the practice of the community.”
Wenger, White and Smith, 2007
Frame #4 Orientations
… 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
activities oriented to …
Example: The Birdwatchersof Central Park… open-ended
conversation
… meetings
… projects
… access to expertise
… relationships
… context… community cultivation
… individual participation
… content publishing
Weekly bird walks, winter bird feeding fillings, irregular celebrations and events…
Advocacy drives, adopt parts of the park, bird counts…
The participation of the “Big Guns,” and “Regulars.” Mostly F2F
Note when people missing… Invite people in
Internal and External focus: Publishing, the “Register,” available to media…
While everyone pays attention to the community, no centralized efforts…
Anyone can bird watch, but sharing what you see/know is important…so the community accommodates both
The “Register” (print) is central to community…
Bump into another bird-watcher? Have a conversation…
Base material from: Digital Habitats: Stewarding technology for communities, © 2009 Wenger, White, and Smith
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…
activities oriented to …
Birdwatchers 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
How do we enable people to…
• discover & appropriate useful technology
• be in and use communities & networks (people)
• express their identity • find and create content• usefully participate
? ? ?
Epilogue
Resources:
www.technologyforcommunities.com
ContactNancy Whitenancyw at fullcirc dot com
http:www.fullcirc.com@NancyWhite
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