Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, COLRS - Online@Illinois Springfield

Online Learning Update - a blog published daily since 2001 by Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Springfield

Monday, December 27, 2004
Users Becoming Communities at SLATE and RockyBGU

In 2002, two different Blackboard users, hundreds of miles from each other, found themselves looking for something very similar. In fact, while they may not even have been aware of it at the time, both Jane Maurer and Ken Sadowski were looking for a user group in which they could leverage the collective expertise of their peers. Entering 2005, it is no surprise that the two different user groups that were born of their efforts are different in many ways, but it's also clear that both are seeing the tangible benefits associated with communities of practice.

 



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