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BEGINS TODAY! October 6, 2007

BEGINS TODAY! October 6, 2007. OLN and All 5 Regional Centers WELCOME YOU !. Why Learning Communities?. OLN is committed to the brilliance of many rather than the isolation of the few

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BEGINS TODAY! October 6, 2007

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  1. BEGINS TODAY! October 6, 2007

  2. OLN and All 5 Regional Centers WELCOME YOU ! OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  3. Why Learning Communities? OLN is committed to • the brilliance of manyrather than the isolation ofthe few • supporting learning, sharing, risk-taking, innovating, analyzing, improving, collaborating – in authentic and vast ways -- in order to serve students better and serve even more • investingin you – the innovators -- because Ohio higher education needs you, needs us to work smarter so we all enjoy greater outcomes • exploring the immense potential of technology used well to enable limitless learning, expertise and proficiency OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  4. “We Make the Road by Walking” and we started walking in 2001. . . OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  5. A Small (and mighty) Group Gathered and sparked a statewide initiative that has already resulted in • 119 learning Communities (’02 – ’07) @ 44 institutions ($1.8m) • 1,250 members (’02-’06) and over 1,000 more involved • Data from ’04 -’05: 226 LC members impacted/taught 18,487 F2F and DL students and the creation of • 5 Regional Centers (last year supported 35 PLCs with 395 members) • This year Central RC is supporting you – and all 5 RCs are supporting 46 PLCs (21 Course reVisioning & 25 Innovation) OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  6. NW @ BGSU NE @ KSU OLN C @ OSU SW@ MU SE @ SHAWNEE OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  7. FOCUS ON THIS . . . . . . “Learning is not a spectator sport….[students] must talk about what they’re learning, write about it, relate it to past experience, apply it to their lives. They must make what they learn part of themselves.” Chickering and Gamson, 1987 OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  8. We help each other face new issues and and new technologies. Together we resolve the unexpected! OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  9. We’ll be in new and unfamiliar spaces that require innovation, risk-taking, boldness, collaboration, and leaps of faith. OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  10. Sometimes we’ll have to go way out on a limb to be really successful – but we’ll have support. OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  11. Innovation Wide variety of topics Your learning positively impacts student success, and you can show it Everyone gains competency in use of learning technologies and you can show it Assess the work Course reVision Improve at least one course with technology Work together, dialogue and select a learning model to base course improvements. Include everyone with a stake in the course. Assess the work Two Types of Professional Development Grants: OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  12. What Do We Expect From You? • to focus, risk, fail, succeed, laugh, respect, improve, change, care, listen, and contribute. Freely. • to be deliberate and devoted learners in community. • to decide academic, process, financial, relational, or whatever issues in community. • to learn so students learn and can do more. • to gather data, reflect, analyze, improve, begin. OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  13. New This Year: NING! In addition to the important face to face work you will be doing, NING is a complimentary virtual space for networking and learning among Individuals, Communities and Regions When you’re in NING it is simple to receive and share Ideas, Resources and Support OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  14. New This Year: LCI Wiki OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  15. With helpful resources . . add what you develop! OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  16. Helpful resources are on the OLN website OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  17. Technopoli has conferences, seminars, webinars… OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  18. Share Your Digital Creations in ELA: (more about ELA in a few months) http://www.cscc.edu/oln/ OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  19. At the Southeast Regional Center Learning Institute in early 2008 ! At the ODCE Conference March 2, 3, 4 ! In May or June at the Teaching and Learning EXPO ! Thank you! We’ll see you . . . OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

  20. For More Information • OLN • Sheryl Hansen shansen@oln.org • Heather O’Neil honeil@oln.org • NE RC • Jeffrey Pellegrino jpelleg1@kent.edu • Mary Tipton mtipton@kent.edu • NW RC Bonnie Fink nwlccenter@bgnet.bgsu.edu • C RC Tsui Cheah cheah.5@osu.edu • SW RC Milt Cox coxm@muohio.edu • SE RC • Barbara Kunkle bkunkle@shawnee.edu • Eugene Burns eburns@shawnee.edu OLN Learning Communities Initiative 2007-2008

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