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Back **Nurturing a Professional Development Ecosystem - Julia Parra, Holly Rae Bemis-Schurtz & Susie Ceppi-Bussmann** //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.//

Susan Bussman, suceppib at nmsu.edu Holly Bemis-Schurtz, hollyrae at nmsu.edu Julia Parra, juparra at nmsu.edu
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 * Handouts**
 * [|Social Media Graphics] (PDF Download)
 * [|eLearning Ecosystem Tools graphic, Ecosystem Matrix, Evaluation Matrix] (PDF download)


 * Description of an eLearning Ecosystem's toolkit** - http://otlo.pbwiki.com/eLearning-Ecosystem

//List compiled from the NMSU CEL OTLgc course - CEL 560 Fostering Online Learning Communities//
 * Important Elements for the Nurturing of an eLearning Ecosystem aka Online Learning Community**
 * membership (the people, roles, engagement),
 * high levels of communication (synch & asynch) & interaction (teacher-student, student-content, student-student),
 * individual & shared goals/purpose (relevance, research-based, authentic),
 * social presence & identity,
 * shared resources & knowledge,
 * policies & guidelines (norms, safety),
 * collaborative learning & contribution (Phases of Engagement, scaffolding, group work, collaboration vs. cooperation),
 * knowledge management (effective use of wikis, blogs, LCMS, archived webinars, social bookmarks, etc.),
 * and powerful new technologies (PBWiki, Blogger, Moodle, Blackboard, Skype, Adobe Connect, Centra, Wimba, Delicious, etc.).


 * Questions & Comments**

What are you doing to… Explore learning ecosystems?
 * Audience Contributions**

Explain them to your learners?

Model practices involved in teaching and assessing across an ecosystem?

Nurture healthy learning ecosystems?


 * Handouts**
 * [|Social Media Graphics] (PDF Download)
 * [|eLearning Ecosystem Tools graphic, Ecosystem Matrix, Evaluation Matrix] (PDF download)


 * References**

Christensen, C.M, Johnson, C.W., & Horn, M.B. (2008). Disrupting Class: How disruptive innovation will change the way the world learns. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Gladwell, M. (2002). The tipping point: How little things can make a big difference. Back Bay Books.

Hanley, M. (2008). The E-Learning Ecosystem in organizations. Retrieved on October 23, 2008 from http://eduspaces.net/mhanley/weblog/392097.html

Ivanova, M. (2007). eLearning 1.0 Ecosystem and eLearning 2.0 Ecosystem. Retrieved on October 23, 2008 from http://mivanova.blogspot.com/2007/11/elearning-10-ecosystem-and-elearning-20.html

Kumar, V., Groeneboer, C., Chu, S., Jamieson-Noel, D., and Xin, C. (2007). Case studies on learners and instructors in an e-learning ecosystem. In R.C. Sharma & S. Mishra (Eds.) Cases on global e-learning: Successes and pitfalls. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Inc.

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