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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
[& Table of Contents]

I.  Visions, Goals & Context
Themes of Engagement & Personalization:
Old/New Challenges: 
Student Retention, Course Ownership, Plagiarism, Building Community & Connections
New Options, Tools, Hopes: 
Personalizing Education, Increasing Engagement, Improving Teaching/Learning with Technology

Personalizing Interaction =>
Increasing Engagement =>
Building Community & Connections (& Reducing problems of Student Retention, Course Ownership, Plagiarism, ...)

Goals, Participants
For TLT Group's Building Community Series and related events/activities

 Context, Definitions, Models, and Issues
(& Resources, Challenges)
Defining "community" in different contexts; professional vs. personal;   increasing challenges;   managing and achieving expectations and boundaries

Models:  "Nurturing Communities"; "Compassionate Pioneers"; 
Delivery of Information vs. Engagement

Need for lifelong teaching/learning, and  professional development.

II.  Strategies, Structures, and Infrastructures
& Principles
 - For the BCCOOC series & beyond
 - For building community online
   and on campus.
 - For change.

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III.  Media, Tools & Practices
Tools and Media
Online tools and media applications for achieving, and supporting community and meaningful connections online and/or offline.

Practices and Techniques
Activities for achieving, complementing, or     supporting community online and/or offline;  the role of categories, online collections of resources, and intermediaries;  variety in good teaching, teachers, learning, and learners!
QUERIES FOR CONNECTED EDUCATION

IV.  Constructive Assessment
(Feedback)
Flashlight Online

V.  Professional Development
-Low-Threshold, Lifelong

• LTA Approach

• LTA of the Week

• Information Literacy

• Collections & Repositories of Instructional Resources
         MERLOT

• Seven Principle of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education

VI.  New Needs/Capabilities of Learners/Teachers

Digital generation gap?  (e.g., use of Instant Messaging);  In what ways and to what extent can or should teachers adjust to the changing needs and capabilities of learners (young, old, ...)? AND VICE VERSA?

 Implications and Next Steps
Of striving to achieve, support meaningful connections and community online and on campus;  of trying to provide lifelong teaching/learning and professional development.  What can/should we do next?

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Please send your questions or suggestions for improving our work on Building Community and Connections
Online and On Campus (BCCOOC) to Steve Gilbert at: 
GILBERT@TLTGROUP.ORG

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