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[ProfessionalDevelopment 2662] Re: [ProfessionalDevelopment2639]Professional Development Challenge?Holly Dilatush holly at dilatush.comFri Nov 14 22:14:12 EST 2008
David, as usual, love your ideas -- and would be interested in such a group (or groups) as you mention. here are some active groups: http://connecting-online.ning.com/ LWCers http://learning-with-computers.blogspot.com/ http://learningwithcomputers07.pbwiki.com/Microblogging+weekly+tasks http://crowdstatus.com/Learning%20with%20Computerscrowd.aspx and of course the TESOL EVOs: http://evosessions.pbwiki.com/ last year's: http://evo08sessionscfp.pbwiki.com/ [I've participated in these groups for years and most remain active with interested posts throughout the years] On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 7:55 PM, David J. Rosen <DJRosen at theworld.com>wrote: > Hello Michael, > > Thanks for your great post. I wholeheartedly agree with the direction you > are suggesting. > > Local PD adult ed learning communities and program-based professional > development efforts can now use (usually free) web-based tools to quickly > organize or structure their professional development to meet their learning > community needs. This is one of the most promising and exciting ways in > which to enhance adult ed professional development and, if organized well, > one that can lead to program development too. It doesn't require new > funding, but does require passion, seriousness of purpose and, of course, > its members' time. > > National online learning communities are also an exciting concept. They > can use tools such as OfficeZilla, Community Zero, Google Groups, wikis, and > others, and content resources such as the NIFL discussion lists (and their > archives), NIFL collections, the ALE Wiki, the NCSALL Web Site, and others. > These tools make organizing these grioups easy. > > I wonder if there is a group of subscribers to this discussion list who > might like to form a small national learning community to explore something > in depth, what some might call an online study circle. It would require that > someone step forward to be a convenor, and that there were half a dozen or > so people who cared deeply about learning about the topic. The National > Issues Forum or the Study Circle Resource Center (if they still exist) have > developed proven models for how to do this well face-to-face. Their > models could be adapted easily to an online learning community. NCSALL > developed face-to-face study circles on Persistence, and Health Literacy, > perhaps on other topics. Perhaps these have been -- or could be -- adapted > to an online PD study circle. If a group of subscribers to this list formed > an online PD study cirlce, the content might be: Learning Communities, > Program-based Professional Development, Online Professional Development, or > something else they cared about learning. > > I am part of an adult ed professional development learning community called > the Second Life Adult Professional Development Explorers (SLAPDE) group. > It's nearly 20 people from around the world who want to learn and think > about how to use Second Life for adult learning Professional Development. It > needs a leader and some focus, but now and then it gets fired up and we meet > and explore things on Second Life. We have a wiki and a Google group. I > would describe us as (a fledgling) online learning community. Let me know if > you are interested in joining. > > Anyone else have examples of online learning communities in adult ed? Or > face-to-face learning communities? I, for one, would really like to learn > about these if they exist. Maybe others would, too. > > David J. Rosen > > Holly (Dilatush) > ABA Virtual Learning Center > Charlottesville, VA USA > holly at dilatush.com > (434) 960.7177 cell phone > (434) 295.9716 home phone > [OK to call 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. EST / GMT -5 time] > > "Live with intention. Share inside~out smiles, inspire hope, seek awe and > nurture in nature." (original by Holly) > > Plan to attend TESOL 2009! http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/convention2009/ > > My presentation: Exploring Intercultural Communication and Conflict > Resolution Through Drama; Reflecting Online: > 3/28/2009 at 12:30 PM in room 603 at the Colorado Convention Center. > > http://tales-around-the-world.blogspot.com > http://abavirtual-learningcenter.org > http://blogblossoms.edublogs.org > *Twitter and Skype IDs = smilin7 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/professionaldevelopment/attachments/20081114/543d01a3/attachment.html
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