1. The 50-50 Club
A Learning Network Community
on the topic of e-learning
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2. The 50-50 Club – Why?
Purpose and Overview
Self Sustaining Knowledge Sharing
Network
For your immediate and long
term e-learning needs
•Networked Learning Approach
•Online technology available
•Broad base of support
•Strong knowledge base to share
•Learn from each other
•Get help quickly
•Build reservoir of knowledge that’s
easily accessible
•Serendipitous Learning
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3. Networked learning
Are you a network learner?
networked learning is:
"learning in which information and communication technology
is used to promote connections: between one learner and
other learners, between learners and tutors; between a
learning community and its learning resources."
(Goodyear, Banks, Hodgson & McConnell, 2004)
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4. Why Blackboard?
Convenience and Simplicity
• Online resource where no
additional logging on Required
•Easy for a wide HLS DMU
audience to engage.
•Discussion board subscriptions
good for keeping members engaged
•Discussion board keyword search
facility makes it easy to retrieve
information posted by someone
else.
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5. Working In the 50-50 Club Online Community
Basics
• Subscribe to announcements forum
• Subscribe to members forum
• Subscribe pen portraits forum
• Subscribe to all Forums
• Subscribe to Blackboard Threads
• Posting
– Creating
– Replying
– Advice, Web Links, Attachments
• Searching
• Rate good posts
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6. Working In the 50-50 Club Online Community
Good Practice
• Subscribe (and learn from others)
• Think Community
• Ask for Help
• Be Prepared to Help
• Post Helpful Advice/Links
• Change subject title when replying to
posts
• Include Keywords in the body text
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7. Working In the 50-50 Club Online Community
Advice
•
There are no stupid questions
•
We learn from mistakes, confusions and
misunderstandings
•
Share useful information/ experiences
•
Subscribe and you will know if someone
has replied to your query
•
If you limit subscriptions use the unread
posts link
•
Try to contribute once a fortnight (could
be a question, an answer, a useful post)
•
Still ask for help from your Usual
Channels
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8. Roles and Responsibilities
Members, Moderators, Guest Moderators
• Members – To help and support each other, to
recruit new members.
• Moderators (DLD’s) – To be particularly attentive
to requests for help at least for the initial first 3
months, to ease down thereafter but still being
active members of the community and will
facilitate online or face to face sessions when
required to dig deeper into popular e-learning
issues. May respond with video answers
(patience please).
• Guest Moderators – 1 week stints to work closely
with the moderators to support the community.
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9. Future Developments
Evolving the Community
Some Ideas
• Monthly Face to Face Sessions ?
• Monthly Live Online synchronous
sessions ?
• 1 week guest moderators (learn a
lot and build the community)
Have you any Ideas?
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