introduction to mainelearning.net

MAINE LEARNING .NET

Jay Collier/The Compass LLCFebruary 25, 2012

ONLINE COLLABORATION PLATFORMFor the Maine Department of Education

mainelearning.net

1. Goals

2. Features

3. Precedents

4. Next steps

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Build a professional learning community platform to help educators engage in conversation, share innovative ideas, discover and curate useful resources, document successful practices, and apply them in their own classrooms and schools.

1. Goals1. Goals • COLLABORATION PLATFORM

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1. Goals

Support and sustain continuity between in-person meetings and professional development opportunities.

Help new constituents get up to speed and become valuable, active partners in learning communities.

• COLLABORATION PLATFORM

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1. Goals

Model an interdisciplinary, continuous learning community approach that can be implemented at schools and districts across the state.

Use staff and budget wisely.

• COLLABORATION PLATFORM

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1. Goals

Be dependable – Anywhere, any time, any device

Be intuitive – Simple publishing, searching, finding

Be helpful – Helpful information and instructions

Be interesting – Appealing, personal, immersive

Be personalizable – Up to date feeds by interest

Be welcoming – Online spaces for collaboration

Be meaningful – Insight into what matters to you

• PRINCIPLES FOR ENGAGEMENT

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2. FeaturesCOMMUNITY DASHBOARD

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MEMBER DIRECTORY2. FeaturesMEMBERS DIRECTORY

MEMBER PROFILES2. FeaturesMEMBER PROFILES

2. FeaturesGROUPS DIRECTORY

GROUP DASHBOARD2. FeaturesGROUP DASHBOARD

2. FeaturesGROUP ACTIVITY

2. FeaturesGROUP EVENTS

2. FeaturesSHARED GROUP FILES

2. FeaturesGROUP WIKI PAGES

2. FeaturesGROUP FORUMS

2. FeaturesGROUP BLOGS

2. FeaturesMODERATED PUBLIC COMMENTS

2. FeaturesE-MAIL NOTIFICATIONS

2. FeaturesSEARCH RESOURCES BY CATEGORIES

2. FeaturesSUBMIT RESOURCES

2. FeaturesEASILY INSERT MULTIMEDIA

3. Precedents

Interoperation and exchange of knowledge ABOUT learning resources.

DOD - PBS - SMITHSONIAN

3. PrecedentsUS GSA Citizen Apps

citizen.apps.gov

3. Precedents3. PrecedentsUS DOE - Connected Educators

connectededucators.org

3. Precedents3. PrecedentsUS DOE - Learning Registry

learningregistry.org

Read the full discovery report at:jaycollier.net/strategy/collaboration/discovery/

Check out the beta site atmainelearning.net