Online Communities for Learning Together

What is an online community?

• Communicate online• Build relationships • Have a purpose• “A community is what members make of

it” Nancy White• “Content does not a community make”

John Smith

Community of Practice

Community of Interest

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Public

Learning Community

Why online community?

What contributes to success of an online community?

Your ideas go here :-)

Virtual Tour: …online communities of

interest to YOU

• Educational Technology Users Group• BC eLearning Marketplace & Expo• SCoPE

Educational Technology Users Group

BC eLearning Marketplace & Expo

http://community.bccampus.ca/expo

http://scope.lidc.sfu.ca

Virtual Schools Society Online Learning Community

Team Based Learning Collaborative

There are more!

BCcampus Shared Services

• Network of Communities– Sandboxes– Getting started toolkit & support– Optional hosting service

• Community of Community Enthusiasts– Mentoring– Share resources and experiences– Support and build on resources for newcomers

What could we be doing to share and extend Tech It Up activities and resources and

continue the dialogue?

Get involved!• Contact info

– http://bccampus.ca– scurrie@bccampus.ca

• Some BC Grown Communities– http://community.bccampus.ca/– http://scope.lidc.sfu.ca– http://knowplace.ca– http://bcliteracyforum.ning.com/– http://community.learnnowbc.ca/bced– http://www.campusclimatenetwork.org/