1. BERKLEY LABS TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Online Communities of Practice (OCoP) Project Joanne Deitsch OMDE 610 Section 9040 10-November-2013

2. Introduction [1 of 2] Organization OCoP History OCoP Success Factors Contextual Indicators Social and Intellectual Indicators Distance Education (DE) Theory Online Collaborative Learning (OCL) Function Knowledge Building Assessing OCoP Success (Berkeley Lab, 2011)

3. Introduction [2 of 2] Examining the Training and Development OCoP against the OCL Theory aids understanding about how to assess OCoPs. This is important as assessing digital artifacts comprises an important skill for 21 st century workers.

4. Organization Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab, n.d) Founded 1931 In 1939, Lawrence won the 1939 Nobel Prize in physics for inventing a unique particle accelerator called a cyclotron After Lawrence’s death in 1959, the lab renamed after him (Berkeley Lab, n.d.) (Berkeley Lab, 2011)

5. OCoP History Training and Development OCoP (Berkeley Lab, 2011; Berkeley Lab, 2012) Founded in 2010 Targeted for training and employee development professionals Shares best practices, knowledge, materials Professional OCoP https://commons.lbl.gov/display/training/Home (Berkeley Lab, 2011)

6. OCoP Success Factors Contextual Indicators [1 of 2] “the setting and the pulse” (Harasim, 2011, p. 162) Existence of active core group (Harasim, 2011) (Berkeley Lab, 2013b)

7. OCoP Success Factors Contextual Indicators [2 of 2] Participation (Harasim, 2011) (Berkeley Lab, 2013a) YearNumber of Meetings Timing 20132March, July 20122August, December 20112February, December 20104February, April, August, November

8. OCoP Success Factors Social and Intellectual Indicators (Berkeley Lab, 2013a) (Berkeley Lab, 2013c)

9. DE Theory “Online Collaborative Learning (OCL) is proposed here as a new theory of learning that focuses on collaborative learning, knowledge building, and Internet use as a means to reshape formal, nonformal and informal education for the Knowledge Age” (Harasim, 2011, p. 81). (Harasim, 2011)

10. Functioning “Voluntary association online of professionals” (Harasim, 2011, p. 150) “Come together intentionally, actively and regularly for mutual gain and collective value” (Harasim, 2011, p. 150)

11. Knowledge Building Contribution Sidebar “tools, documents, and processes” (Harasim, 2011, p. 143) (Berkeley Lab, 2011)

12. Assessing OCoP Success (Harasim, 2011) Contextual Indicators Social and Intellectual Indicators Procedural Indicators Technological Indicators

13. Conclusion [1 of 4] Organization OCoP History

14. Conclusion [2 of 4] OCoP Success Factors Contextual Indicators Social and Intellectual Indicators Distance Education (DE) Theory Online Collaborative Learning (OCL)

15. Conclusion [3 of 4] Function Knowledge Building

16. Conclusion [4 of 4] Assessing OCoP Success Contextual Indicators Social and Intellectual Indicators Procedural Indicators Technological Indicators

17. REFERENCES Berkeley Lab. (n.d). About Berkeley Lab [Web Page]. Retrieved from http://www.lbl.gov/Publications/75th/ Berkeley Lab. (2011). Training and development community of practice home [Web Page]. Retrieved from https://commons.lbl.gov/display/training/Home Berkeley Lab. (2012). Strategic training plan 2009-2012 [Word Document]. Retrieved from https://commons.lbl.gov/download/attachments/78744251/OCFO+Training+Strategic+Plan+ 2009-2012+with+Current+Status+as+of+20121101.doc?version=1&modificationDate=1352997838596 Berkeley Lab. (2013a). Agendas and notes[Web Page]. Retrieved from https://commons.lbl.gov/display/training/Agendas+and+Notes

18. REFERENCES Berkeley Lab. (2013b). Community members [Web Page]. Retrieved from https://commons.lbl.gov/display/training/Community+Members Berkeley Lab. (2013c). Train the trainer course development project [Web Page]. Retrieved from https://commons.lbl.gov/display/training/Train+the+Trainer+Course+Development+Pr oject Harasim, L. (2011). Learning Theory and Online Technologies. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.