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Just a Community Organizer: Visualizing Community for Domain of One’s Own

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“Can we bring these blogs together in community sites?”

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Organizing Communities of Inquiry

Social Presence

“ability of learners to project their personal characteristics into the community of inquiry, thereby presenting themselves as ‘real people’”

Cognitive Presence

“the extent to which the participants in any particular configuration of a community of inquiry are able to construct meaning through sustained communication”

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Design-based Approach

Core Principle: Connected Iteration

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Sharing

  • Define Phase
  • Design and Develop Phase
  • Implement Phase (TBD)

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Phase 1: Define

  • What has been done so far?
  • What were the challenges?
  • What are the current needs?

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Fall 2007

Spring 2009

Goals:

  • Create
  • Collaborate
  • Discover

Georgetown Commons

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Commons Hubs

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Paused for Reflection

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Phase: Design & Develop

  • What are some possible design solutions based on the identified needs?
  • How do we develop them?

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Georgetown Commons

Community Site:

Georgetown Level

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Community Site:

Program Level

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Community Site: Individual Level

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Proof of Concept

Becoming a community organizer

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“Can we bring these blogs together in community sites?”

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Phase: Implement

What is the role of the students?

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Lots more questions to ponder...

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Join us to explore and create together.

@ Georgetown University

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Questions?

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Thank you �for your participation in this �community panel!