Communicating and Collaboration Practices at LBC10

Teaching and Learning Strand Focus with Doug Johnson

  • It’s as important to understand human beings as it is to understand technology
  • tech has grown in importance in education; tech administration is usually done by non-educator; there is a difference in values, priorities, knowledge amongst stakeholders –> range war
  • conflicts leads to less tech use, less reliable access, lack of cooperation/respect
  • have clear policies, teach, post and inform them
  • advisory committees should have participation from all stakeholders with regular meetings, good communication and defined responsibilities
  • don’t have a meeting just for disseminating information
  • have a formal communications plan – define audience, schedule communications, create a culture of transparency
  • How to build transparency
    • post it online
    • send out a newsletter
    • share the tech budget (e.g. in google docs)
  • Some schools are cutting librarians (from audience)
  • College humour video

See the presentation at

http://dougjohnson.wikispaces.com/rangewars

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