Community lessons

A useful post by Harold Jarche summarising some of the main points about online communities:

http://www.jarche.com/2012/01/community-lessons/

Homework: To Flip? Or to Toss?

An interesting post exploring the practicalities of flipping a classroom:

http://beyond-school.org/2012/01/22/homework-to-flip-or-to-toss/

Community management: planning the week

A useful timetable by Richard Millington to help Community Managers plan their activity for the week:

http://www.feverbee.com/2012/01/planning-the-week.html

He also provides a useful Community Management Map which describes the four stages of online community development: inception, establishment, maturity and mitosis.

Guidelines for facilitating a successful online community

Great guidelines for building, facilitating and moderating a successful online community:

http://us2.campaign-archive.com/?u=b48c9db4770dd18be6455be99&id=2198baceaa

Introduction to social networking - Harold Jarche

Another great post by Harold Jarche which gives a comprehensive introduction to social networking:

http://www.jarche.com/2010/06/introduction-to-social-networking/

The evolution of blogging

A great post which highlights the growing concern over social media sites such as Facebook and their level of control over data:

http://gigaom.com/2009/08/13/the-evolution-of-blogging/

Network Thinking and Network Learning - Harold Jarche

In this insightful blog post Harold Jarche explores the difference between network-centric and hierarchy-centric thinking:

1. Adaptability instead of control
2. Emergence instead of predictability
3. Resilience and redundancy instead of rock stardom
4. Contributions before credentials
5. Diversity and divergence

In this second post Jarche gives a detailed introduction to the concept of Network Learning (Personal Knowledge Management) and sense-making.