By: (marti) on June 6, 2008
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On May 6-7, 2008 UPCLOSE ran a two-day CAISE Inquiry Group on the topic of how to conceptualize and evaluate successful professional online learning communities, especially those serving the multidisciplinary field of informal science education (ISE).

A second goal was to exercise the new NSF/ISE guidelines for "Evaluating Impacts of Informal Science Projects" http://www.informalscience.org/research/show/3643 by putting the Framework into practice with example research designs, instruments and metrics to assess the impact of recently funded professional online communities like http://InformalScience.org and http://InSci.org and http://ExhibitFiles.org

This gigapan documents the discussion artifacts from BREAKOUT SESSION THREE which explored the the potential ares impact of online communities could at different units of analysis - the individual, the community and the field. Also discussed where possible metrics for what could be used to indicate change - be it professional development, social capital, innovation or collective efficacy.

See snapshots for more details and our model of impact.

View a video clip of this report back session at http://www.viddler.com/explore/rinajacks/videos/26/?secreturl=96235773

We are experimenting with sharing the breakout group discussion in this format. Please let us know your thoughts.

Date Taken: June 6, 2008
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