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Course from Wikieducator on communication and community for online facilitators. Offered as a formal course with a facilitator or informal participation at your own pace.
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Although this is written specifically for online tutors, much of the information and advice applies to online facilitators as well. The authors examine cultural differences in the online learning environment, including how diversity affects language, written text, images, metaphors, communication style, and online presence. Appendix B is a chart comparing different linguistic groups and cultures.
more fromotis.scotcit.ac.uk
22-page article on designing for diversity in online learning. Examines how cultural differences can affect learning and shares culturally inclusive instructional design models. Table 1 on page 6 compares high-context and low-context learning (such as how formal student-teacher relationships are).
more fromeric.ed.gov
Wiki Patterns explanation of participation in a wiki with the 90-9-1 theory. This includes some of the statistics of participation for Wikipedia and other community sites.
more fromwww.wikipatterns.com
Best practices for wiki adoption in organizations: * Start with what you already do * Don't mandate--let it grow naturally * Invite Senior Leadership * Find the Champions * Practice what you preach
more fromwww.ikiw.org
One of the founders of Flickr writes about building online community. One of his big points is that if you create too many hard and fast rules, people are less creative and open to conversation. It's better to build community by providing spaces for people to negotiate the guidelines for themselves as much as possible.
more fromwww.alistapart.com
Collection of posts and ideas about etiquette and expected behavior in the edublogosphere, including dealing with inappropriate comments, online reputation, and healthy debate.
more fromdrapestakes.blogspot.com
Better view of the site community around my site, showing which pages are bookmarked, how many have been bookmarked, and who saved them.
more fromwww.diigo.com
Vanity search on Diigo to see everyone who has bookmarked my blog. They call this the "user community" around the site.
more fromwww.diigo.com
Resources and descriptions for teaching practices using open source tools
more fromopenedpractices.org
Social and emotional benefits of blogging include better social support networks and feel more part of a community.
more fromwww.abc.net.au
George Siemens distinguishes between collective and connective intelligence, highlighting the importance of maintaining individual identity.
more fromwww.elearnspace.org
Resources, discussion lists, and an online book about creating learning communities, especially communities of "self-learners"
more fromwww.creatinglearningcommunities.org
Creating professional learning communities in K-12 schools
more fromwww.sedl.org
Collection of resources for online learning communities and communities of practice from George Siemens
more fromwww.elearnspace.org
Will Richardson, about the Educon 2.0 conference. Great quote about technology from Chris Lehmann. One of Will's insights is that although we often talk about technology in terms of global connections, the connections within the local community also benefit from technology integration.
more fromweblogg-ed.com
Two models for understanding roles in online communities: 4L (Linking, Lurking, Learning, Leading) and 4C (Consumer, Commentor, Contributor, Commentator). Also includes some questions and ideas about what makes healthy online communities.
more fromwww.techlearning.com
A response to a conversation on how to increase comments on a blog: a guide to commenting, including why comments are important to the blog author. I also like how she makes it clear that disagreeing with her is fine too.
more fromsarah-stewart.blogspot.com
This site helps connect people to learn languages. You can find a partner to practice your skills through IM, VOIP, etc. Also includes a Q&A and resources section.
more fromwww.italki.com
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