Refined Gems and Themes by Brianna https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy Where we synthesize and draw conclusions from our data en-us 2016-06-10 16:54:56 UTC 2025-09-30 14:45:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bigthunderstorm.png Design Challenge brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114349837 How might we design a virtually-facilitated learning experience that more effectively meets the diverse needs of both emerging and accomplished teacher leaders?]]> 2016-06-10 16:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114349837 Process brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114352799 1. Find Gems (5 individually selected)
2. Cluster into themes (2gether)
3. Find more evidence on old Padlet (individually)
4. Refine clusters down to 3 themes. (2gether)
5. Write thematic headlines. (2gether)

]]> 2016-06-10 17:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114352799 LN: Foundation of Community https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354017 "If I don't have a sense that a group or community cares about me and what's important to me, there's no point in being there."]]> 2016-06-10 18:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354017 MA: Power of Virtual CommunitiesAccess to diversity of perspectives, lenses, divergent and convergent experiencesHope and energized from connection with ppl outside local context https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354078 2016-06-10 18:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354078 PB: Engaging/leaving community https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354114 Haven’t left Collab but don’t engage with it. VOICE training is effective in building familiarity with relationship building but anything purely virtual… unless its intensive or facilitated, don’t see why anyone would stick with something. Have to feel invested with other people. ]]> 2016-06-10 18:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354114 LN: Foundation of Community"If I don't have a sense that a group or community cares about me and what's important to me, there's no point in being there." https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354212
x2]]> 2016-06-10 18:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354212 MA: Relationships are EverythingFacilitators need to be cognizant of all aspects of people's lives to connect with them beyond professional identities. This builds trust which allows professional sharing to be raw and honest https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354285
x2]]> 2016-06-10 18:12:25 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354285 LN: Authentic Community Getting a sense of people's priorities and philosophies around their work is important. Knowing the story under the story for how beliefs and priorities are formed can help us understand ourselves and each other to form stronger connections. Also allows us to approach the work with more understanding. https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354394 2016-06-10 18:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354394 BC - on communityUnderstanding where people feel a deficit in their current community that can be filled with new community. “Soft mentorship, not hard hierarchical mentorship” https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354435 2016-06-10 18:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354435 BC - facilitationIntentional conditions being created rather than the wild, wild west – trained facilitators spearheading conversations. Good facilitation is good facilitation, whether it is face to face or virtual.  Facilitation of students similar to facilitation of adults. Experiment with asking good questions of adults – good place to practice this still. https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354523 2016-06-10 18:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354523 MA: Importance of GroupingIt's important to break out large groups into 1:1 1:3 ratios to allow time for informal conversation and authentic connection through and beyond content.  https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354602 2016-06-10 18:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354602 BC Essential skillsEssential facilitation and community building skills            Vet and enforce normsFacilitate focus groups, presentations, professional learning.            Capture and communicate data and what is learned.            Synthesize data            Act on the dataDesign unbiased, intentional questions(These are all classroom skills, too)Adult learning theory  Understanding how to ask clarifying follow up questions, while staying with the intent of the original question. Anticipate audience responses, audience awareness Deal with difficult situations, how to facilitate difficult conversations among peers and other stakeholders. https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354617 2016-06-10 18:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354617 PB: aspect of VCs people don’t consider Most people don't realize how interactive virtual learning can be; I think most folks who have experience with online learning have watched "sit and get" webinars and engaged in fairly passive or course-required message boards.  https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354753
x2]]> 2016-06-10 18:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354753 PB: community building challenges https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354771 establishing something new within an established system.]]> 2016-06-10 18:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354771 LN: Authentic Community Getting a sense of people's priorities and philosophies around their work is important. Knowing the story under the story for how beliefs and priorities are formed can help us understand ourselves and each other to form stronger connections. Also allows us to approach the work with more understanding. https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354793 2016-06-10 18:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354793 LN: Skills NeededUnderstands needs and priorities of communityHaving some way of checking in on how folks are feeling/doingOngoing communication without being overbearing"Make sure that people aren’t wasting their time"not meeting to meetpeople understand outcome and purposepeople’s voice needs to be heard/incorporated into process and final product https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354832 2016-06-10 18:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354832 BC - barriersThat kind of work takes a lot of time, frequency of contact.  Distracted participation detracts from process.  Creating initiatives accelerates the process. https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354878 2016-06-10 18:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114354878 CM - TechLearning the technology skills made all of the difference brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114355034 2016-06-10 18:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114355034 BC - on social time“Eating dinner together is a huge piece – evolutionary, biology standpoint – having informal time and keeping an air of levity and to be willing to make fun of yourself.” brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114355060 2016-06-10 18:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114355060 Insight statement https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114355248 Relationships drive facilitation.]]> 2016-06-10 18:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114355248 Theme: Relationships brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114355336 2016-06-10 18:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114355336 Theme: Purpose brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114355499 2016-06-10 18:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114355499 Theme: Virtual Space brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114355546 Maybe physicality? Concrete? ]]> 2016-06-10 18:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114355546 Skills of Facilitation brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114355721 2016-06-10 18:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114355721 All are importantstudent --> facilitatorfacilitator --> studentsstudents--> studentsstudents--> computer/techfacilitator--> computer/tech brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356079 2016-06-10 18:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356079 "Acknowledging and creating a space for divergent thoughts and opinions is important." brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356110 2016-06-10 18:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356110 I'm more engaged in F2F because I have more inputs for connection like reading body language and facial expressions which are difficult to gauge virtually. Also more difficult to facilitate dominant or quiet voices in virtual space.  brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356123 2016-06-10 18:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356123 Insight statement https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356158 Balance formal facilitation with informal relationships]]> 2016-06-10 18:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356158 "Everyone has an opportunity to contribute; everyone was involved." brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356167 2016-06-10 18:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356167 Using Facebook closed group as a platform brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356228 2016-06-10 18:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356228 Good people skills, tactful, speaking and listening skills, good organizational skills.  The leader should be familiar with emergent technologies. brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356261 2016-06-10 18:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356261 YS: Authentic CommunityProtocols create a wonderful sense of connection among teams and groups.  It creates a safe place. https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356279 2016-06-10 18:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356279 Insight Statement https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356562 Important to have both relationships and a purpose.]]> 2016-06-10 18:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356562 Insight statement https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356594 Audience awareness, questioning skills, and mastery of tools make for strong facilitation]]> 2016-06-10 18:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356594 RelationshipsInsight brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356635 If we don't prioritize building authentic relationships beyond the skills and content, our community will not be strong enough to allow for divergent opinions and catalyzing change for individuals. ]]> 2016-06-10 18:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356635 Insight Statement https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356732 Skilled facilitators are able to build trust and make personal connections within the group.]]> 2016-06-10 18:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356732 Relationships Insight brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356797 Community relationships build through intentional planning of both formal (intentional grouping, protocols, sharing personal development) and informal (starting camera early, staying late, making room for silliness) structures. ]]> 2016-06-10 18:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356797 Skills Insight brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356923 Facilitators need to model the priorities they want their community to develop. Example: sharing how they are checking-in with individuals for how they are feeling about the space. Example: exercising listening skills (paraphrasing, wait time, etc.)]]> 2016-06-10 18:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356923 Insight statement https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356988 Virtual facilitators have a good pulse on the community and can adjust their facilitation based on the dynamics of the community.]]> 2016-06-10 18:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114356988 Virtual vs. F2F Insight brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114357033 Virtual community has an added layer of necessary intentionality. It also has an added layer of benefits (access, divergent views, expanded access for introverts)]]> 2016-06-10 18:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114357033 Virtual vs. F2F Insight brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114357103 Need to be EXTRA intentional to humanize the space, especially if the platform does not allow for facial expressions or body language. So much feels disconnected and vulnerability feels harder to access. ]]> 2016-06-10 18:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114357103 Insight statement https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114357104 Virtual spaces can be powerful but need to address the needs/skills/preferences
 of the user.]]> 2016-06-10 18:54:46 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114357104 Insight statement https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114357111 Virtual space: location of community matters less than the activities that participants engage in to create value for one another]]> 2016-06-10 18:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114357111 Insight statement https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114357197 relationships enable vulnerability, which builds trust and allows community to define shared purpose for convening]]> 2016-06-10 18:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114357197 Skills Insight brianna_crowley https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114357203 Facilitators should attend to the intra and inter personal skills as much as they attend to content and technology skills. ]]> 2016-06-10 18:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114357203 Nader Twal:  https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114857888 When I think about community, want it to be distinct from networks which are transactional. Connected by interested and hashtag. Can do good things from network, but doesn’t require commitment. Network is an affiliation. Community is transformational.]]> 2016-06-16 18:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114857888 Nader https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114858039 Challenge: building trust. Requires more than storytelling. Question with Nellie — what happens when it is real time? What happens when someone posts video that is embarrassing to profession?]]> 2016-06-16 18:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114858039 Nader https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114858099 Expectation and outcome were different. Learned how to facilitate webinar in sophisticated way. Didn’t have a community. Went to Collab and had discussion board, not a community. Wasn’t watching people do work. Still bound by time and space. Rather than tech enabled, it was tech enhanced]]> 2016-06-16 18:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_crowley/ut4e1mazzhyy/wish/114858099