teaching as community management: engaging learners through online discussions

Teaching as

Community

ManagementEngaging Learners through Online Discussions

Alex Enkerli, Concordia e.SCAPE, April 4, 2013

@enkerli #TchCM

http://lar.me/e-scape

Context

As we’re moving away from the Industrial-Era

classroom, new models for learning are

emerging. From the “flipped classroom” to

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses),

technology and pedagogy are intersecting in

potentially interesting ways.

Summary

This session focuses on an approach to

teaching which benefits from online

interactions. By playing the role of a

community manager, a teacher can use

forums and other simple tools to broaden

learning experiences and, hopefully, enhance

learner engagement.

Learning Objectives

1. Imagine opportunities for transforming a

class into a community.

2. Conceive of pedagogical implications behind

online discussions.

3. Create appropriate expectations as to the

use of technology in teaching.

Elwood64151, at the English Wikipedia project [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC-

BY-SA-2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Community Management

Quilt of belonging at the Inaugural exhibition at the Museum of Civilization,

Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. Photographer: Nick Wolochatiuk.

Community

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tummler

Enabling Action

Par Dake, Mysid [CC-BY-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Learning Network

By BrendelSignature [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia

Commons

Class=Community

By Irina.stelea [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Beyond Classroom

Blended Learning

Forums

Prompt

Reply

Student Prompt

Student Enquiry

Driven by Students

Platform Agnostic

Peer Ratings

Class to

Community?

Change in

Pedagogy?

Appropriate(d)

Technology?

Alex Enkerli

@enkerli and @iethnographer

alex@informalethnographer.com

alexandre.enkerli@concordia.ca

http://enkerli.com