Sylvia Currie

During Paul Stacey's wrap up session at our May 6 gathering many topics for future online activities were proposed. These could be scheduled asynchronous discussions, web conferences, resources we build together, partnerships, regular online get-togethers... other ideas?

I combined my notes with Nancy's but we may have missed some, and you may have thought of more since May 6 so please add to/revise/refine the list!

1. Continue with the Quarterly Virtual Field Trips we began after OCE 2009
2. Getting Started
   
3. Types of communities (Wenger: purpose, practice)
4. Decisions: open/closed/small/big...
5. Digital Habitats: workshop - technology steward workbook
6. Something structured on Digital Habitats book
   
7. Bring our challenges forward / strategies for working through challenges (peer assist?)
8. Themed discussions around challenges raised during OCE2010
9. Performance management, return on investment, quantitative and qualitative measures
10. How do I know if my community is VIBRANT? Quality of life indicators / success indicators
    
11. Link with Knowledge Management group (performance management a big topic right now)
    
12. Story based evaluation
    

@sleslie @Currie wonderful! nice connection you just made for me b/w boundaries across space & boundaries across time. Thanks! #OCE2010

Wed May 12 16:40:19 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13860293059 - #1

@Currie @tuchodi @sleslie Been thinking about it a lot since @4km 'working across boundaries' session at #OCE2010

Wed, 12 May 2010 16:38:28 +0000 - tweet id 13860209009 - #2

@etug New post by an ETUG blogger: Scott Leslie http://www.edtechpost.ca/wordpress/2010/05/11/northern-voice-10-summary/ #nv10 #OCE2010

Tue May 11 20:45:46 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13808460953 - #3

@Currie RT @dlnorman: Mindfulseeing post: online community enthusiasts http://mindfulseeing.com/2010/05/06/online-community-enthusiasts/ #OCE2010

Mon May 10 03:54:14 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13706283764 - #4

@4KM Used ldrshp/CoP/boundary research for 1st time #OCE2010. Good fdbk but gps didn't really dig into prob-solving w concrete issues #redesign

Sun, 09 May 2010 15:18:13 +0000 - tweet id 13672699912 - #5

@grantpotter #nv10 Themes around online community addressed in #oce2010 being covered in Parent Blogger session

Sat May 08 21:45:21 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13630340033 - #6

@Currie Just realized I started merging #OCE2010 and #NV10 in my twitter brain and mixed up tags. Anyway.

Sat May 08 15:59:48 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13615624964 - #7

@ToriKlassen Blog post prompted by #NV10 and #OCE2010 -- What would a CommPunk look like? http://ht.ly/1IoTV (I really want to know)

Fri May 07 21:25:40 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13570374502 - #8

@4KM At #OCE2010 I heard about an awesome design show at Emily Carr http://bit.ly/92A5ZK so hope to see before returning to Victoria

Fri May 07 15:42:30 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13555113800 - #9

@BCcampus RT @4KM: f2f part of #OCE2010 wrapping up; Paul Stacey delivering inspirational farewell. Thanks everyone.

Thu May 06 22:49:57 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13512741808 - #10

@4KM f2f part of #OCE2010 wrapping up; Paul Stacey delivering inspirational farewell. Thanks everyone.

Thu May 06 22:33:36 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13511973193 - #11

@ToriKlassen @sleslie I was thinking "Orientation" would be a good category myself - wrote it down on my Naked SpiderGram. #OCE2010

Thu May 06 22:23:16 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13511483458 - #12

@ToriKlassen Back at the office, envious of #OCE2010 folks who are wrapping up right about now!

Thu May 06 22:21:50 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13511414410 - #13

@grantpotter #oce2010 our evolving roles http://twitpic.com/1lln4l

Thu May 06 21:40:58 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13509539732 - #14

@grantpotter #oce2010 @nancywhite Graphic of challenges faced in fostering/supporting online communities http://twitpic.com/1ll9lk

Thu May 06 20:41:03 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13506962816 - #15

@ToriKlassen Workshopping with Nancy White and her Naked SpiderGrams--much food for thought, what an incredibly productive week I'm having! #OCE2010

Thu, 06 May 2010 18:52:25 +0000 - tweet id 13502448318 - #16

@sleslie #oce2010 already received the value of the cost of getting here in the first 30 minutes

Thu May 06 17:18:27 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13498381446 - #17

@sleslie At #oce2010 @nancywhite's explanation of evolving from 'tool/feature' perspective to new 9 Orientations of Communities is profound for me

Thu, 06 May 2010 17:17:09 +0000 - tweet id 13498319135 - #18

@4KM Heading out shortly for a day with online community enthusiasts #OCE2010 in Vancouver

Thu May 06 14:07:57 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13489269723 - #19

@Currie @TTwynstra great! glad to you'll be at #NV2010 as well as #OCE2010

Wed, 05 May 2010 16:30:55 +0000 - tweet id 13435414187 - #20

@Currie In Vancouver for a few days - Gathering of Online Community Enthusiasts #OCE2010 then Northern Voice #NV2010

Tue May 04 23:09:40 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13389883368 - #22

@bcnetcanarie10 Look forward to your updates! RT @ToriKlassen Busy week planned at #BCNET10, #OCE2010 and #NV2010 conferences. Tweets could be plentiful...

Tue May 04 04:38:28 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13347174043 - #23

@ToriKlassen I have a very busy week planned at BCNet, #OCE2010 and #NV2010 conferences. Tweets could be plentiful, they could be sparse. Stay tuned.

Tue May 04 00:19:04 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13334841484 - #24

@sleslie @4KM I'm happy to provide a lift - am catching the 7am ferry, will have a reservation and have room for 3 others in my car #OCE2010

Mon, 03 May 2010 17:36:51 +0000 - tweet id 13317064192 - #25

@4KM @sleslie and others? Any interest in carpooling from Victoria to #OCE2010? If so, what are your schedules?

Mon May 03 17:16:26 +0000 2010 - tweet id 13316151752 - #26

@Currie Our room is cozy at Roundhouse in Vancouver, but can squeeze in a few more: May 6 Online Community Enthusiasts http://is.gd/bNHCf #OCE2010

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:19:12 +0000 - tweet id 13095735820 - #27

@Currie Looking at lunch menus for May 6 Vancouver Gathering of Online Community Enthusiasts. Hard to choose b4 lunch - I want everything! #OCE2010

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:25:41 +0000 - tweet id 12717404264 - #28

@Currie @junek Ah! Must be gearing up for #OCE2010 http://scope.bccampus.ca/course/view.php?id=12

I showed up to OCE2010 with my camera but left the battery in the charger at the hotel. Thankfully other enthusiasts were more on the ball! If you upload to Flickr be sure to tag your photos OCE2010. You can also attach photos to forum posts here, or upload elsewhere and just tell us where to look. D'Arcy posted this fabulous photo yesterday. I can't stop looking at it!

There were some active note takers in the room, too. Anything you can share here will be appreciated.

I'm busy unrolling Nancy's drawings so I can capture the gems in there. Alice typed up the sticky notes from the 'working across boundaries' discussions and will post them next week when she gets off the sail boat.

Thanks so much Emma and Kyra for sharing your work with us and facilitating this seminar. As I mentioned via email to Emma and Kyra, people are eager to use the videos in their own practice, and to make them available through libraries for faculty resource collections.

During our second live session we only touched on some of the many workshop activities that would be appropriate for faculty developers to take away to implement at their own institutions. And we also thought about how valuable a series of online faculty workshops would be! For sure we need to think about ways to continue this dialogue about culturally diverse learners. And if you are using these resources in your own Emma and Kyra would love to hear about it! Feel free to post any feedback here. Emma also mentioned to me that there is a Facebook Group -- link will be posted soon.

Our next seminar is all about portfolios. Roselynn Verwoord and Catherine Paul will be introducing us to the Portfolio Community of Practice at University of British Columbia, and showing some portfolios developed by members of that community. Mark your calendars for May 24 - June 4.

In just over a week we'll be heading to the Roundhouse in Vancouver for our 2nd annual gathering of online community enthusiasts! All of the pieces are falling into place nicely. Just in case you haven't checked the Community Enthusiasts SIG lately, we've been updating the planning wiki here.

From the responses to the RSVP poll, combined with personal email, I counted 34 "yes, I'll be there" and "hope so, will decide later" for the OCE2010 gathering. You can change your response in the poll so be sure to post your final decision this week. Also, if you invited colleagues and think their names should be on that list, be sure to remind them. We'll be pretty close to reaching the maximum our venue will accommodate.

Some of you have asked if laptops are required for the day. Not at all necessary! We'll have many other technologies for you to use: paper, chalk, markers, post-its...

If you have any questions at all be sure to ask. I have one: Anybody with food allergies?