1. ETUG
ONLINE COMMUNITY

2. ETUG EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY USERS GROUP
AS A GRASSROOTS GROUP, ETUG HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE
1994. OVER THE YEARS ETUG HAS PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING
ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS IN SUPPORT OF INNOVATION AND BEST
PRACTICES IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN BC:
annual face-to-face workshops held in the fall and spring
annual bc innovation awards in educational technology
online discussions on topics of interest to members
real-time web-based events
institutional updates
the etug news (a monthly newsletter)

3. professional learners
the members
SUPPORTIVE AND SHARED LEADERSHIP
COLLECTIVE CREATIVITY
SHARED VALUE AND VISION
SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT
SHARED PERSONAL PRACTICE

4. coming back ?
why do we keep
Great place to try things out and get practice at
presenting and getting feedback
Value: collaboration and collegial
Positive and enthusiastic environment
Get support from innovative foward looking people
Place where people can talk about similar interest
Place where institutions talk to each other
Positive and welcoming
The value of being connected
SHARE
YOUR IDEA
in the comment area
Fun and great networking
Learning from each other

5. IDEAS FROM
SCETUG MEETING NOVEMBER 3RD, 2011
INNOVATION AWARD AND SHOWCASE
COMMUNITY SHEPHERD
NEWSLETTER
ONLINE EVENT (ELLUMINATE)
FACE TO FACE EVALUATION
EVENT FOLLOW-UP
SHARING RESOURCES
FEEDBACK FROM MEMBER
PROFILE USERS

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7. http://etug.ca/

8. what can we
IMPROVE UPON?
Clarity Around The Purpose Of The Website
Define The Use Of Group Tool
Differentiate Between Page And Post
Forum And File Sharing For The Each Group And In General
Support Page For The Website
Engage The Member With Online Activity
SHARE
YOUR IDEA
in the comment area

9. learning from
EXISTING COMMUNITIES
http://blogs.ubc.ca/ http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/

10. CUNY ACADEMIC COMMONS
why it works?
Featured group is listed in the homepage;
get people's attention about different group
Online member is shown in home page;
enabling communication between members.
Gallery: flashing pictures showing what people can do
in the website and one or two current news
Clear tab: home; people; group;blog; wiki; news; about
Well thought out help section; faq, help forum, help blog,
email support, take a tour

11. UBCworks?
why it
BLOGS
Paragraph explaining the community briefly,
with all the essential link such as forum, group, etc
Simple tab : home group blogs forums member activity
Have general group, everyone is automatically
joining this group once become a member
Show all forums posted in any groups
Well thought help section; faq, contact us, face to face.

12. YOUR COMMENTS
It was great to network and I really enjoyed that aspect. You had time
built into the schedule for that and it was great to see everyone talking
and sharing. What a great group of people.
I've attended ALL of the workshops! I am an ETUGGER for LIFE
Try to develop the ETUG website as a place where we can keep these f2f
connections going. Perhaps focused synchronous online sessions
combined with focus discussions (kind of like like SCOPE) to attract &
keep people at the site?
Networking & reconnecting with colleagues is always SHARE
valuable. I did feel a bit trapped with only a single YOUR IDEA
stream of sessions. in the comment area

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