Online teaching transcends the use of a singular tool and emerges as an ecosystem of multiple touch points for learning. A professional development ecosystem utilizes blogs, wikis, web-conferencing, and course management tools. Balanced ecosystems foster experiential learning for educators and model how educators can teach across networks and channels of communication. Find out about the architecture and assessment/evaluation of this type of professional learning and engage in an interactive conversation about balancing your own learning ecosystem.

1. Nurturing a Professional Development Ecosystem Julia Parra Holly Rae Bemis-Schurtz Susan D. Ceppi-Bussmann New Mexico State University RETA (Regional Educational Technology Assistance) Program Illustration by Sabine Deviche (ASU) http://askabiologist.asu.edu/research/ecosystems/index.html

3. Web 2.0 Tools Scoble’s Social Media Starfish http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbarefoot/1814873464/ Social Media Landscape http://www.fredcavazza.net/2008/06/09/social-media-landscape/ The Conversation Prism http://www.briansolis.com/2008/08/introducing-conversation-prism.html

4. Can’t see the forest for the trees… Retrieved on October 23, 2008 from http://travel.paintedstork.com/blog/2005/12/hiking-up-brahmagiri.html

6. Current Events & Trends Widgets & RSS Facilitation and Assessment Recomposers Producers Primary Consumers Ambient Consumers The Internet

7. Learner Responsibility Learner as Recomposer Learner as Producer Learner as Connector Learner as Lurker Relationship to Requirements

8. Learner Responsibility Learning & Content Management Tools Learner as Recomposer Learner as Producer Learner as Connector Learner as Lurker

9. Collaboration and Interaction Tools Learner as Recomposer Learner as Producer Learner as Connector Learner as Lurker

10. Content Creation and Dissemination Tools Learner as Recomposer Learner as Producer Learner as Connector Learner as Lurker

11. Learnstreaming Tools Learner as Recomposer Learner as Producer Learner as Connector Learner as Lurker

16. Related Resources http://reta-otl.pbwiki.com http://vss2008.wikispaces.com/nurturing http://reta.nmsu.edu http://webinars.nmsu.edu

17. Scoble’s Social Media Starfish http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbarefoot/1814873464/ Social Media Landscape http://www.fredcavazza.net/2008/06/09/social-media-landscape/

18. The Conversation Prism http://www.briansolis.com/2008/08/introducing-conversation-prism.html