The Greek Teachers’ group on Facebook: Can moderators create a Sense of Community and how? Niki Lambropoulos Consultant, Research Student Centre for Interactive Systems Engineering, LSBU Sofia Papadimitriou Greek Educational Television
page 2/19 Designing for the 21 st Century Agenda Web 2.0 Our understanding Collaboration & cooperation Clarification What is a community? Our experience Moderation Tips and more tips Furthermore… Sense of Community, Technology & Social Action
page 3/19 Designing for the 21 st Century by Tim O'Reilly 09/30/2005Tim O'Reilly
page 4/19 Designing for the 21 st Century Web 2.0 Design: Involve Stakeholders Socio-Technical Design User-Centred Design Participatory Architecture Interactivity Personalisation Presence & co-presence Light Applications Collaboration Social Networking Communities of Practice
page 5/19 Designing for the 21 st Century in reality... Web 2.0 is a State of Mind
page 6/19 Designing for the 21 st Century Collaboration & Cooperation Collaboration (co-laborare) Work together on the same subject in the same project (joint construction) Cooperation (co-operate) Work together on a different subject in the same project (jigsaw) (Teasley & Roschelle, 1993:235) In reality we do both! In reality we do both!
page 7/19 Designing for the 21 st Century What is a community? People connected by a shared interest Purposes as the motivation Practices to keep the community going Sense of belonging? Then you are one of us You Feel the Sense of Community You Feel the Sense of Community Online Community? Online Community? All of the above + the medium
page 8/19 Designing for the 21 st Century Case study: the Groups
page 9/19 Designing for the 21 st Century Hellenes Educators
page 10/19 Designing for the 21 st Century Friends: Before & After
page 11/19 Designing for the 21 st Century Sense of Community
page 12/19 Designing for the 21 st Century Behind the scenes… Moderator’s Role Team leader Empathic Motivator Facilitator Coordinator Co-Creator Supporter Collaborative activities Shared interest Shared experiences Co-creativity (forum, wiki) Idea generation Idea sharing Idea discussion Idea implementation
page 13/19 Designing for the 21 st Century Communication Chats, forums, wiki, blogs s, messages, webinars, Message All, votes, polls, chatbots, etc..
page 14/19 Designing for the 21 st Century Use of Spatial Metaphors Immediate feedback
page 15/19 Designing for the 21 st Century Shared Cognitive Space
page 16/19 Designing for the 21 st Century Tips Define the community (socio-cultural viewpoint) Find a shared interest Find techniques to break the ice One & two ways of communication Start by sharing experiences Arrange videoconferences & f2f meetings Feel the rhythm Remember that participation is not a prerequisite; however, it is necessary.
page 17/19 Designing for the 21 st Century More tips… Multiply Yourself The members copy moderator’s behaviour Engage them in discourse and build a relationship Help them to express themselves Find interesting tasks (Multimedia in Education) Use motivation for engagement Members do respond to ‘Message All’ Work from the core to the periphery and vice versa (centripetal CoP) Build strong and weak links
page 18/19 Designing for the 21 st Century Furthermore… Sense of Community * Technology * Social Action Distributed Leadership Objectives - Processes - Products
page 19/19 Designing for the 21 st Century Thank you.. For your attention! Community Management Docs: Intelligenesis.eu > Web 2.0 Toolbox