1 E-Learning Community Presentation to ITeach Conference “Designing the Future” Minnesota State Colleges and Universities ___________ Jeralyn Jargo – Office of the Chancellor Allen Jaisle – President, Ecologos April 25, 2003

2 What is Community ? Stories and Celebrations Meetings and Networking Sharing Resources Common Purpose, Values, Goals “Place” Collaboration Safe Environment Consensus-and-Diversity Interdependence Empathy & Trust Participatory Openness Common Language Shared Foundation

3 Democratic Social Community Creative Adaptive Economy MNSCU Learning Community Micro-Community Learning Teams Learning and Adapting to Change in the 21 st Century System of Learning Communities Learning and Adapting to Change in the 21 st Century

4 E-Learning Community What is it? Why is it important? Improved Learning in E-Enabled Community Improved Learning in E-Enabled Community - Best Way to Learn at a Distance - Best Way to Supplement Face-to-Face - Community Habits for 21 st Century Life-Long Learning HabitsLife-Long Learning Habits Creative Adaptive Economy HabitsCreative Adaptive Economy Habits Democratic Society HabitsDemocratic Society Habits

5 E-Learning Community Success Learning Strategy + Technology System + Human System

6 Success Formula = LS + TS + HS E-Learning Community Success Formula = LS + TS + HS Learning Strategy (LS) Leading the Way Learning Strategy (LS) Leading the Way - Integrated Knowing – Highest Knowing - Experiential Process – ACT Action Learning - Social Activity – Collaboration-Construction Technology System (TS) Supporting LS Technology System (TS) Supporting LS Human System (HS) Supporting LS Human System (HS) Supporting LS

7 Integrated Knowing – Integrated Pragmatism Integrated Knowing – Integrated Pragmatism Constructed Knowing – Socially Constructed Constructed Knowing – Socially Constructed Procedural Knowing – Separate + Connected Procedural Knowing – Separate + Connected Subjective Knowing – Inner Personal Authority Subjective Knowing – Inner Personal Authority Received Knowing – Outer Official Authority Received Knowing – Outer Official Authority Silent Knowing – Unexamined, Unvoiced, Unvalued Silent Knowing – Unexamined, Unvoiced, Unvalued Quality of Knowing Quality of Community Experiential and Tacit Knowing Modern Worldview Integrated-Ecological Worldview Postmodern Worldview III Postmodern Worldview II Postmodern Worldview I Highest Way of Knowing & Form of Community Learning Strategy - Integrated Knowing Highest Way of Knowing & Form of Community

8 ProfessionalDevelopment PersonalDevelopmentCitizenDevelopment IntegratedLearner Public Mission for Public Higher Education in 21 st Century Learning Strategy - Integrated Learner Public Mission for Public Higher Education in 21 st Century

9 Developing ‘integrated learners’ with life-long ‘learning community habits’ for contributing to and thriving in a 21 st century ‘creative learning community society’, where: - ‘creative adaptive economy’ is the principal source of prosperity, and - ‘democratic social community’ flourishes. Learning Strategy -21 st Century Public Mission

10 Acting Communicating Thinking Learning Achieved - Knowledge & Skills Acting-Communicating-Thinking Cycles - Number & Quality Acting-Communicating-Thinking Cycles - Number & Quality ACT Action Learning Acting-Communicating-Thinking (Micro-Community Team Dialogue and Self-Assessment of Learning Performance on Challenge Projects is Action Learning) Learning Strategy – Experiential Process

11 Micro-Community Team Learning Micro-Community Team Learning - Teams of 4-6 in Dialogue - Individual Responsibility - Collaborative Learning Challenge-Based Learning Projects Challenge-Based Learning Projects Social Construction of Learning Social Construction of Learning Learning Strategy – Social Activity

12 E-Portfolio E-Portfolio - Public - Learner Demonstration of Increasing Competence and Team Collaboration for Learning - Private – Self-Assessment of Learning and Faculty Mentoring WebBoard – Enhanced Cross Platform E-Dialogue for Learning Community WebBoard – Enhanced Cross Platform E-Dialogue for Learning Community Technology System

13 ‘efolio’ Technology Can Create Learning Community Spaces Technology System ‘efolio’ Technology Can Create Learning Community Spaceshttp://

14 ‘WebBoard’ Technology Can Enable E-Dialogue for the Social Construction of Learning in Community Technology System ‘WebBoard’ Technology Can Enable E-Dialogue for the Social Construction of Learning in Community

15 Language of Learning – Minnesota Goals Language of Learning – Minnesota Goals Self-Assessment Process Mentoring Self-Assessment Process Mentoring Action Learning Process Mentoring Action Learning Process Mentoring Integrated Knowing & Learner Mentoring Integrated Knowing & Learner Mentoring Model E-Storytelling for Integrated Learning Model E-Storytelling for Integrated Learning Model E-Learning Courses for Faculty Model E-Learning Courses for Faculty E-Community and E-Learning Objects E-Community and E-Learning Objects Technology Training and Help Desk Technology Training and Help Desk Human Support System for Learning Community Human System Human Support System for Learning Community

16 Current Status E-Learning Community Development Current Status E-Learning Community Pilot Project Tasks – E-Learning Community Pilot Project Tasks – - Introducing Learning Community Concepts & Technology - Introducing Learning Community Concepts & Technology - Including Self-Assessment in Learning Process - Including Self-Assessment in Learning Process - Applying Micro-Community Team Learning - Applying Micro-Community Team Learning - Exploring E-Story to Integrate Learning in Community - Exploring E-Story to Integrate Learning in Community - Integrating Learning by Curriculum Coordination - Integrating Learning by Curriculum Coordination Recruiting ‘Community Champions’ to Lead e-Dialogues Recruiting ‘Community Champions’ to Lead e-Dialogues Installing WebBoard e-Dialogue for Learning Community Installing WebBoard e-Dialogue for Learning Community

17 Your Turn Contributing to Learning Community Development What is your experience with learning community? What is your experience with learning community? What advice can you provide on the pilot project tasks? What advice can you provide on the pilot project tasks? What activities can you implement in your own community of practice? What activities can you implement in your own community of practice?

18 Learn More About e-Learning Community MnOnline e-Learning Community Alverno Self-Assessment - American Association of Higher Education National - Building Virtual Communities by K.A. Renninger & Wesley Shumar. Cambridge University Press Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom by R. Palloff, K. Pratt. Jossey Bass Publishers, Creating Learning Communities: A Practical Guide to Winning Support, Organizing for Change, and Implementing Programs by N. Shapiro, J. Levine. Jossey-Bass Publishers, Thanks for joining us today!