Examples+of+Online+Learning+Groups+and+Communities

**Time Delimited Online Learning Group Examples**

 * https://courses.ischool.berkeley.edu/i296a-3/f06/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Participatory Media course run by Howard Rheingold and **[|Xiao Qiang]** at the Berkeley Information School. F2F course is supported/augmented with wikis and blogs. Note the resources in this course are also relevant to the subject of online learning groups! An example of one class session organization can be seen here -->
 * [] An example of an activity (in this case on blogging) here --> http://www.socialtext.net/medialiteracy/index.cgi?exercises_in_connected_critical_public_discursive_blogging

**Ongoing Learning Group Examples**

 * [|LearningTimes] - a web based community for education and training professionals
 * CPSquare - http://www.cpsquare.org
 * [|The Online Facilitation List] (email list based)
 * [|Global Knowledge for Development] (list based)
 * [|Education Bridges] - a web based community for educators
 * [|Maisie Center] - a consortium of CLOs

Other Types of Online Groups

 * [|Edmonds.com] - customer community
 * [|Novel Communities] - with people who program using and for their products
 * [|Saba's Customer Communities]
 * [|Resources about customer communities] - Jackie Huba, Ben McConnel
 * ADD YOUR EXAMPLE! You have to register.

Blog Based Community Stuff
http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2003/11/20.html#a844 Legitimised theft: distributed apprenticeship in weblog networks http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2004/05/14.html#a1208
 * –Lilia Efimova - Learning webs: Learning in weblog networks -
 * http://www.fullcirc.com/weblog/2006/07/blogs-and-community-part-5-last-part.htm

Tools for Online Learning Groups

 * http://ozeteacher.wikispaces.com/page/diff/freeteachtools?v=1027704 - a rich listing of free tools for teaching and learning

Resources on Online Learning Groups & Communities
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 * [|Building Learning Communities]: Partnerships, Social Capital and VET Performance Janelle Alison, Scott Gorringe, Justine Lacey at the Centre for Rural and Regional, Innovation – Queensland, University of Queensland
 * [|Center for Online Professional Education] (K-12)
 * [|Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks] (mostly higher ed related, but good stuff for other settings as well)
 * Nancys Online Community Toolkit [|www.fullcirc.com/community/communitymanual.htm]
 * CPSquare [|http://www.cpsquare.org] A community of practice on communities of practice.
 * Communities of Practice List - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/comprac
 * Online Facilitation List - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/onlinefacilitation Practical community for online faciltiators
 * KM for Development [|http://www.km4dev.org]
 * [|http://interconnected.org/home/2004/04/28/on_social_softw][|are]
 * [|http://www.corante.com/many/archives/2004/09/30/the_seve][|n_two_pieces_social_software_must_have.php]