Developing Communities of Learning: A Recipe for Collaboration and Success

1. Developing Communities of Learning: A Recipe for Collaboration and Success Facilitated byPaul SignorelliWriter/Trainer/ConsultantPaul Signorelli & Associatespaul@paulsignorelli.comTwitter: @paulsignorelliDecember 5, 2013

2. Learning Communities: Three Settings

3. Learning Communities: Three Settings

4. Learning Communities: Three Settings

5. Communities of Learning: A Definition

6. Learning Communities Online?

7. Your Learning Communities?

8. When Learning Isn’t Fun/Social

9. When I Leave a Learning Session…

10. When I Leave a Learning Session…

11. Six Months Later…

12. Six Months Later…

13. Where Much of Our Learning Goes…

14. Breakthrough Learning

16. Peter Senge: Learning Organizations

17. Discussion #1:Communities of Learning in Staff Training How, if at all, do you benefit from communities of learning in your own staff training efforts?

18. Discussion #1: Communities of Learning in Staff Training How, if at all, do you benefit from communities of learning in your own staff training efforts? What is one thing you’ve seen so far that you could easily do to foster communities of learning in staff training at your library?

19. Communities of Learning:For Library Users

20. Learning Communities Addressing Community Needs

21. Communities of Learning:Makerspaces

22. Libraries as Social Learning Centers

23. Discussion #2:Library Users and Communities of Learning What communities of learning is your library already nurturing?

24. Discussion #2: Library Users and Communities of Learning What communities of learning is your library already nurturing? What can you be doing to nurture communities of learning among your library users?

25. Larger Learning Communities:Personal Learning Networks

26. Larger Learning Communities:#etmooc

27. Larger Learning Communities:Building Upon Available Resources #PCISoMeCom

28. Larger Learning Communities:Joining What’s Available to Us

29. Discussion #3: Communities of Learning in Associations What is one existing group you can and will explore as a potential community of learning in the next four weeks?

30. In Summary

31. In Summary

32. In Summary

33. In Summary

34. Resources For a broader list of resources on the theme of community and collaboration: http://paulsignorelli.com/PDFs/Bibliography--Community_and_Collaboration.pdf

35. Questions & Comments

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37. Credits & Acknowledgments (Images taken from flickr.com unless otherwise noted):Learners at Play: From The Shifted Librarian’s photostream at http://tinyurl.com/mkfnw7tStaff Training at Wanganui Library: From Aotearoa People’s Network Hakaroa ’s photostream at http://tinyurl.com/mnd5ye6Library Computer Class for Public: From Moore Memorial Public Library’s photostream at http://tinyurl.com/mjsasvaLibrary Book Discussion Group: From Mosman Library’ s photostream at http://tinyurl.com/k5nv8feLearning Commons, Alden Library, Ohio University: From Ohio University Library’s photostream at http://tinyurl.com/n5dnm9lSleeping Student: From Sashamd’s photostream at http://tinyurl.com/kr69vov Capped Fire Hydrant: From Modowds’s photostream at http://tinyurl.com/m3lvgdaLearners Helping Each Other From Ohio University Library’s photostream at http://tinyurl.com/l9wcxqg Book Discussion Group: From Lucius Beebe Memorial Library’s photostream at http://tinyurl.com/lcwnxazCommunity Group in Library: From 1 Book, 1 Valley’s photostream at http://tinyurl.com/lxjlf35Library Makerspace: From WLibrary‘s photostream at http://tinyurl.com/lsw7eexThis Year I Will Learn to Bake: From Lester Public Library’s photostream at http://tinyurl.com/l6h7aymACU Library: From ACU Library’s photostream at http://tinyurl.com/mxzqm3p