Developing Online Community
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The document discusses the development and significance of the Webheads, an online community focused on language learning and technology, highlighting its inception, growth, and ongoing activities. It emphasizes the role of technology in facilitating communication and collaboration among members across different countries, as well as the various leadership roles that contribute to the community's sustainability. Key features include regular meetings, diverse communication methods, and a strong emphasis on building relationships and social capital online.
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Developing Online Community
- 1. Developing Online Community ESLE Conference Adelaide, Oct 8 th , 2007
- 2. Multiple Venue Presentation (MVP) An event that blends live online and face to face audiences
- 3. Education Development Centre (venue for live event on Oct 8 th , ’07)
- 4. MULTIPLE VENUE PRESENTATIONS (MVPs) remote students guest lecturer CLASSROOM/ F2F VENUE public space
- 6. Community What is it? Why? 21 st century life
- 7. Internet and Community- what happens? You connect less with some of the people around you in your daily life You connect with people you already know via a different medium (online) You connect with people you would otherwise have had no contact with
- 8. Online Community – what’s the appeal? You connect less with some of the people around you in your daily life! You connect with people you already know via a different medium (online). (You get to know people differently) You connect with people you would otherwise have had no contact with
- 9. Online Community – what’s the appeal? You can connect with multiple people with similar interests at the same time (many to many communication.) (Group discussion) Maybe it’s just easier?
- 10. Backdrop: Social Networking Sites MySpace, Facebook ( 75% of yr 11/12 students in Australia have a MySpace site) Flickr (photo sharing) YouTube (video sharing) etc
- 11. Developing Online Community The Webheads Experience
- 12. Where do we fit? Face to face Community IT Community IT Individuals + WEBHEADS = + IT Community
- 13. The Palace
- 14. Webheads - origin Vance’s class were online after mine We decided to unite the classes Obvious signs that the group wanted to stay together Vance proposed that we call ourselves WEBHEADS
- 15. Who are the Webheads? “an experiment in world friendship through online language learning” 300 + members
- 16. Where are the Webheads? in approximately 50 countries
- 17. Webheads Today In 2007, the Webheads community is alive and well (weekly meeting, daily communication, many gather each year at the international TESOL convention in March, Elizabeth and partner visited me here last summer….)
- 18. How/why has this community survived?
- 19. Webheads Drivers Initially, the vision and enthusiasm of one person – the leader, and no #1 cat herder (Vance Stevens) Vision and enthusiasm of several key members Common causes : ESL/EFL/language teaching and learning International friendship Interest in exploring technology Refocusing Changes in membership
- 20. Webheads Drivers Ongoing personal gain; “What I receive is worthwhile; what I give is valued” Synchronous meetings (always 2 per wk – a ‘student meeting’, and a ‘teachers meeting)
- 21. Synchronous Meetings Tapped In: Weekly regular event (Tapped In) Instant Messengers, Virtual Classrooms > voice interaction; webcams
- 22. Other Webhead Events Dafne (Caracas) Aiden (Taiwan) Conferences/Workshops/ Social
- 23. Community Roles (Wenger) The inspirational leadership provided by thought leaders and recognized experts The day-to-day leadership provided by those who organize activities The classificatory leadership provided by those who collect and organize information in order to document practices The interpersonal leadership provided by those who weave the community's social fabric
- 24. Community Roles (Wenger) The boundary leadership provided by those who connect the community to other communities The institutional leadership provided by those who maintain links with other organizational constituencies, in particular the official hierarchy The cutting-edge leadership provided by those who shepherd "out-of-the-box" initiatives.
- 25. Domain. Community. Practice. Domain: This is the participants’ common ground – their understanding of the common issues and use of a common ‘language’. Community: This is the socialising, collegiate, relationship element between the participants. Practice: This is the processes by which participants learn by sharing skills and information, and accumulate and disseminate knowledge. (from Marlene Manto)
- 26. The role of technology in sustaining this community Enables communication across place and time Affords several modes of communication (email, discussion boards, Instant Messaging, blogs, voice tools, webcams, virtual classrooms, websites) The email listserv is the lifeblood
- 27. The role of technology in sustaining this community Activities Teaching and learning Trialling tools Co-delivery of conferences and workshops Student activity Sustained activity has created a reputation where we are now approached to trial tools, and present at conferences (so technology is still the mechanism and in part, the purpose) The wow factor maintains……
- 28. WEBHEADS WEBSITE(S) Collective and individual spaces (pages, blogs, wikis) Photos (people, colleges, places of work, family) Writings on individual pages Resources found and/or created by the community All of this can be shared via the Web
- 29. Cornerstones: Technology - Enables regular group and one on one communications Brings together people who otherwise would be unknown to each other Affords multiple channels of communication Provides for individual and collective needs Provides shared public and permanent record for all to see Allows everyone to contribute to this shared record
- 30. Can you build relationships... …online? Can you build social capital …online? Can community develop… …online? THE BIG QUESTIONS……
- 31. Can you build relationships... …online? Can you build social capital …online? Can community develop… …online? YES!! THE BIG QUESTIONS……
- 32. Joining the Webheads Send an email to evonline2002_webheads-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Annual 6 wk seminar over the Australian summer (as part of annual TESOL convention)
- 33. The Internet is…. “ not about dot coms, online malls…. It’s not about routers, servers, browsers.…In fact, the Internet isn’t even about technology. It’s about us. The collective us.” COMMONSPACE: Beyond Virtual Community: Surman & Wershler-Henry; 2001
- 34. for more information contact Michael Coghlan [email_address] THANK YOU