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CoP's and Bloggers: Bloghui 2006
The document discusses the concept of community in the context of blogs and online learning, highlighting the complexities of identity, belonging, and knowledge sharing within these digital spaces. It contrasts blogs with traditional discussion forums, noting differences in user experience and engagement, such as the individualistic nature of blogs versus the group focus of forums. The paper also addresses the challenges and opportunities that Web 2.0 technologies present for fostering community connections and personal voice.
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- 1. CoP’s and BloggersBlogHui March 2006 Derek Chirnside
- 2. First, some backgroundA vision for Community
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- 6. Community . .. Identity . . . Belonging . . . Destiny . . . Comrades – networks – buddies Learning . . . .
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- 21. What is mydestiny??
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- 23. Destiny. Where doI want to go??
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- 38. Pause: what resonatedfor you? Can you identify a time you have been part of or are part of a community? What’s it like?
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- 40. Blogs RSS feeds,aggregators, – implications for communities. CoPs and Bloggers Not too worried about what type of community: Inquiry, practice, learning . . . People getting together in some way with a common purpose or cause, with some level of mutual commitment, providing mutual support and help, working on projects, or just ‘chewing the fat’. Usually Distributed: distance, flexible, multimodal, blended
- 41. A few randomperspectives (CoP + Blog) Blogs: “Containers for conversations” (Nancy White) A “hindrance for knowledge management” (a manager) Blogs: provide a voice, a platform an identity Help attenuate inputs - people build reputations Community: “Constellations of blogs” (quote from??)
- 42. The community questionsMembers/Belonging Initiation; Identity – voice . . . Value . . . Destiny . . . (purpose) Comrades – networks – buddies Learning/knowledge . . . . (boundaries) Leadership . . . There are some things we have to take care of . . . Wenger, Lave, Snyder, Figallio, Stuckey, McDermott (etc) Some of these are blogosphere questions. Some are not. Infantisation!!
- 43. What can web2.0 offer???
- 44. From web 2.0:Let’s just choose blogs, aggregators and RSS . .
- 45. Sample: four classes,all formal taught courses and a few community like entities in teacher professional development Preliminary Finding: Blogs are NOT the same as a threaded discussion forum -in that their psychic effect is different -and seems different for different people.
- 46. Forums vs (classic)Blogs adapted from Common Craft Weblogs Threaded forums Individual locus of control Personal ownership Centralised/group Personal reflection is paramount Reflection: has a corporate element (can be broader) Comments: may be switched on – not central Email notifications on replies/dialogue Tools: RSS, categories [permalinks, trackbacks etc] Subjects, post classification Containers: posts – grouped in categories, reverse chronological Grouped into threads, usually reverse chronological Del.icio.us - tagging ?? - evolution is occurring Ideas classified into categories - but can be lost, fragmented . . Ideas can be scattered over multiple forums . . .
- 47. “ I neverfelt comfortable posting in the blog” (Compared to forum) – taught course member Surmise: There is a perception of it being too public in a blog. The Poster is the focus in a blog. Liked the relative anonymity of the forum. Ownership is there, but LESS than on a blog. Group is more the focus in a blog
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- 49. “ I justfind it so hard to blog” (Insert any of a range of responses . .) community member (opt in) Technology is a barrier. Still. “ It’s still to tough getting started out of the box” * * Mark Bernstein talk
- 50. “ I justdon’t like the way the blog is always there – like it’s whispering to me come and do something ” IT course member 2004 where blogging was a part of the course Someone else from the same course: “ That’s what I like about it” Surmise: personality is a factor - maybe along with other factors such as confidence, motivation
- 51. Example: Macromedia communitydescribed by Kai Koening Communities based around blogs “ Membership” Managing problems Knowledge management Knowledge creation Stewardship of the practice
- 52. “ It’s allabout the tools” Purpose, people & processes 2nd Perception/reality Locus of control Identity Voice Tags/categories Ownership
- 53. Community software: design issues . . . metaphors scaleable: catering for growth welcoming newcomers identity/belonging - finding other managing the practice - boundaries
- 54. Blogs tend NOTto worry about KM or community So: Blogs and CoPs *Individual *Individualistic? *Personal *Owned *Locus of responsibility is where? *”Disinterested passion” (from ?) * What in blogging DIS-enhances community? - list in process
- 55. Bloggers can helpkeep a community on it’s toes, outward looking So: Blogs and CoPs *creation of an individual voice *identity enhanced (reputation) *boundaries pushed *new ideas *depth of engagement with ideas *challenging of boundaries * * What in blogging ENhances community? - a list in process
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- 57. Where to now??? ? ? ? Derek Chirnside Comments?