PARTNERS

COMMUNITY

This project is funded by
CANARIE Inc. - Learning Program

Web site hosted by the
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre

TILE Community Building and "the Community Kitchen"

The project partners represent a broad network of learning communities. However, these communities are frequently reluctant users of network technologies. To draw in these reluctant users of e-learning, TILE draws on familiar Canadian community traditions. Throughout the duration of the project TILE hosts regular "Learning object potlucks and community kitchens" in different locations across Canada. Participants are invited from the various learning communities. Each participant must bring learning resources that contribute to the chosen learning theme. Over a two day period the participants use the contributed resources and newly created resources to collaboratively craft learning objects for the repository. This collaboration occurs in a community kitchen atmosphere supported by contributed food and music. These events introduce author/educators to the LOR service, create a community of collaborators, train participants in the use of the authoring tools and provide the opportunity to collect valuable user feedback regarding the design of the tools.

As part of these events, synchronous and asynchronous forums were used to discuss teaching and learning approaches and best practices.

INVITATION TO POTLUCK - March 29, 2004

REPORT ON FIRST COMMUNITY POTLUCK - February 28, 2003

REPORT ON SECOND COMMUNITY POTLUCK - June 19, 2003

REPORT ON THIRD COMMUNITY POTLUCK - November 14, 2003

REPORT ON FOURTH COMMUNITY POTLUCK - March 29, 2004

REPORT ON CAPTIONING POTLUCK - March 5, 2004