Agenda Southport eLearning Community of Practice

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Agenda Southport eLearning CoP

Welcome

Introductory Activity

Purpose     What’s Next ?     Future Demos     Sharing

Wrap up

Future Dates

Bring a laptop if you can.

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Welcome

Thank you for coming. My name is Mark Sheridan and this is the Southport Elearning CoP.

I have been involved with eLearning for over a dozen years. I have taught technology courses at Metro College and been involved in eLearning provincial development teams for over a decade. 

My current position is Education Consultant for Knowledge Innovation where I develop online and offline education.  

We are here to see what interest there is for a local eLearning Community of Practice.

First, I will tell you why I'm a big fan of eLearning CoPs. 

I am always looking for feedback. I send drafts of my work out on a regular basis. Getting constant feedback during the process improves the end product.

The second big reason I like CoPs is it provides me with a list of peers that I may hopefully turn to when I get stuck. I sure many of you don't get stuck, but if you do, it is nice to have someone who has likely come across your problem share their experience.



As Builders of Learning we need feedback to guide our process. That's why I think a local CoP has great value; knowledgeable colleagues nearby and willing to share when you (and they) need to talk through a problem . . . when you're in a bind is there anything better ?

eLearning can be a tough gig because  learner engagement is  tough to measure.  In a classroom   you can see right away whether students are engaged or not. ---that is our challenge

Those are some of my own reasons.

Which brings me to Why an eLearning CoP at Southport ?

Again 2 reasons:

The Provincial Elearning CoP which is run by Steven Siebold.

How many of you have attended the online Provincial CoP which Steven hosts?

My hope is that we can take best of the online CoP and build upon it: that this will provide  us with a place we can share our challenges and a peer group that we can be comfortable with to  share when things go wrong.

The other reason for a Southport CoP was overhearing Amy and Elaine talking about captivate and course development just outside my cubicle, here were fellow education developers who worked to alleys down from my cubicle yet we had no connection. Had I not popped up my head from my cubicle gopher hole no connection would have been made and . 

The long and short of it is that we are not alone.

I am hoping as we get to know each other we can share our challenges as well as our successes  ( and if your like me you have many challenges to share).

In order to share with each other I think it is important to get to know each other better.

So now an activity to get to know each other.

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The term Community of Practice was developed by cultural anthropologists to describe  a group that shares information and experiences for their own improvement.

SO my process to borrow from PDSA is 

Plan

Do

Send out for feedback

Act

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Getting to Know Each Other ( You need to interview atleast 2 people you don't know)

So now I thought we would do an activity that would help us to get to know each other.

I want you to find someone you don't know and get to know them.

Answer these questions:

• Who are you ?

• What are you working on that you would share?

• What are you proficient in eLearning wise?

• Are you interested in supporting others? What is the easiest way to get a hold of you? Where are you located ?

• What could you use help with ( We know you really don't require it?) ?

• What do you want to get out of the Southport CoP ?

Now post them where: ??????? Conversation 

http://elearning-cop.blogspot.ca/

Purpose and Direction

What's Next?

Future Demos

Sharing 

Do we want to meet?

Show and Share

So in the spirit of sharing I will share a couple of learning pieces that I have worked on recently.

• Share photos from AIM tie mapping activity. Discuss learners' engagement.
• Share 30 seconds of BCBH videoscribe. Talk about using a new tool.

Wrap Up

Future Dates

Additional Notes:

• an exchange of ideas, supportive practice
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To Do (4 Tomorrow )

• Meet techs to discuss using the overhead projector
• Build lesson  plan for meeting
• Run through lesson with unsuspecting participant
• Give activity instructions to unsuspecting volunteer to see what needs to be fixed.
• Rewrite lesson plan
• Make sure physical tech works for meeting
• Make sure instructions will work ( logins passwords)
• Create a plan  B in case $h1t happens
• Consider finding someone to handle computer while presentiing

CoP

Community of practice

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A community of practice (CoP) is a group of people who share a craft and/or a profession. The concept was first proposed by cognitive anthropologists Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger in 1991.

A CoP can evolve naturally because of the members' common interest in a particular domain or area, or it can be created deliberately with the goal of gaining knowledge related to a specific field. It is through the process of sharing information and experiences with the group that the members learn from each other, and have an opportunity to develop themselves personally and professionally (Lave & Wenger 1991).

Who's Who ? ( 10 -15 minutes) Find 2 People you don't know and ask . . .

Who are you ? 

What are you working on that you would share? 

 What are you proficient in eLearning wise? 

 Are you interested in supporting others? 

What is the easiest way to get a hold of you? 

Where are you located ? 

 What could you use help with ( We know you really don't require it?) ? 

 What would you like to get out of this group?