Developing Communities of Learning: A Recipe for Collaboration and Success Facilitated by Paul Signorelli

Writer/Trainer/Consulta nt Paul Signorelli & Associates [email protected]

m Twitter: @paulsignorelli

December 5, 2013

Learning Communities: Three Settings

Learning Communities: Three Settings

Learning Communities: Three Settings

Communities of Learning: A Definition

Learning Communities Online?

Your Learning Communities?

When Learning Isn’t Fun/Social

When I Leave a Learning Session…

When I Leave a Learning Session…

Six Months Later…

Six Months Later…

Where Much of Our Learning Goes…

Breakthrough Learning

Peter Senge: Learning Organizations

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?

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?

Communities of Learning: For Library Users

Learning Communities Addressing Community Needs

Communities of Learning: Makerspaces

Libraries as Social Learning Centers

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

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?

Larger Learning Communities: Personal Learning Networks

Larger Learning Communities: #etmooc

Larger Learning Communities: Building Upon Available Resources #PCISoMeCom

Larger Learning Communities: Joining What’s Available to Us

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?

In Summary

In Summary

In Summary

In Summary

Resources For a broader list of resources on the theme of community and collaboration:

http://paulsignorelli.com/PDFs/Bibliography--Community_and_Collaboration.pdf

Questions & Comments

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Credits & Acknowledgments (Images taken from flickr.com unless otherwise noted):

Learners at Play: From

The Shifted Librarian’s photostream

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Aotearoa People’s Network Hakaroa ’s photostream

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Moore Memorial Public Library’s photostream

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Ohio University Library’s photostream

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Lucius Beebe Memorial Library’s photostream

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1 Book, 1 Valley’s photostream

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Lester Public Library’s photostream

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