Re: Participation in Communiplexity Brownbag Seminar for USF course credit

I can attend a meeting after our class today to discuss this.
As to the other issues raised:

I would like to point out that during the 2/20 Brownbag Heather also posted and discussed the 20 hours she is paid by the graduate school which included:

1    administration of brownbag
1    content preparation for brownbag
2    info in and out posts and reflections
1.5  submitting and reading posts for wiki
1    attending to virtual hub
6.5  

Being paid for this would probably have a lot to do with why she is the only one actively posting...

>>>What would help to facilitate your full and active involvement in the Brownbag Seminar at this point?

I guess if David Lee's 20 hours are still available the 6.5 to each of the other students would certainly "facilitate full active involvement." 

>>>How can we ensure that those of you who are registered for credit will receive a "pass" in the "pass/fail" grading system that is in place?

Ensuring a "Pass" would be easy with an honest equitable evaluation where each student is provided the same resources and opportunities as noted above.

>>>When do you all think would be most ideal, in order to facilitate the co-generation of knowledge regarding complexity and community sustainability?

I'm not sure when the semester ends but our discussion of the "Communiplexity position statements" last term was kinda cut short.  Therefore, I would recommend the "complexity-informed descriptions / illustrations of particular communities" also be submitted before the end of the term to ensure we are able to discuss these more fully.

See you later today
eric



Heather Curry <hrcurry@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm available right before or after the brownbag, so either way, I'll be there. This upcoming Wed. is a great one, so I'll keep my fingers crossed that it works for everyone else!

 

Heather

 

On 2/22/08, Pinto, Allison <APinto@fmhi.usf.edu> wrote:

Hi folks,

The three of you have opted to receive 3 course credits for your participation in the Complexity & Community Brownbag Seminar this semester.  I have pasted below the expectations for student participation, which were initially proposed in the Brownbag Seminar schedule / syllabus.  I am assuming that you agree with these expectations since I have invited folks to reflect on the learning community that we all are co-creating, and there have not been any expressed questions, concerns or proposed changes in relation to the student guidelines.  However, I am noticing that only Heather has posted questions/comments on the wiki so far, and there has not yet been any tracking/sharing of complexity-related websites/list-serves by those of you who have requested to receive USF course credit.  What would help to facilitate your full and active involvement in the Brownbag Seminar at this point?  How can we ensure that those of you who are registered for credit will receive a "pass" in the "pass/fail" grading system that is in place? 
 

The plan at this point is to share Communiplexity position statements on March 26, but we haven't clarified a date by which it seems most ideal to share complexity-informed descriptions / illustrations of particular communities.  When do you all think would be most ideal, in order to facilitate the co-generation of knowledge regarding complexity and community sustainability?

If you would like to discuss in person, as a group, before or after the Wednesday brownbag, just let me know. 

Talk with you soon.

Thanks,

Allison  

 

Seminar Format and Evaluation:

The following details are provided for those individuals who choose to participate in the brownbag seminar for 3 USF course credits:

The course will be organized as a seminar, so the expectation will be that participants attend each meeting prepared to discuss the readings selected for that week, as well as issues that have emerged through active engagement in communities.  So that the structures and processes of the seminar best fit with the evolution of the learning community, it is anticipated that the seminar format will be adjusted over the course of the semester, especially as additional resources and opportunities are identified.  Participation in seminar discussions will be collectively facilitated.   

In order to cultivate the development of a learning community focused on complexity and community sustainability, participants will also co-create a virtual space to share thoughts, resources and support to facilitate learning.  Seminar participants will contribute to the evolution of this virtual community through the posting of profiles, questions, comments, and replies, as well as the sharing of websites and resources. 

 

Because the freshest thinking and most recent innovations in the field of complexity might be better detected through a continual monitoring of complexity-related websites and list-serves than through a review of published materials, each seminar participant will select one to two websites or list-serves to track over the course of the semester.  Participants will provide regular updates to one another regarding the topics, concepts and ideas that are being generated and discussed on the selected websites / list-serves. 

 

In order to facilitate others' learning regarding complexity and community sustainability, each participant will develop (at least) one brief complexity-informed description / illustration of a particular community, to be posted on the wiki / website for the Community & Complexity Initiative.  

 

Before the end of the semester, each participant will also write a "communiplexity position statement," a personally, academically and / or professionally-informed perspective on communities as complex adaptive systems, integrating knowledge generated over the course of the semester with understanding developed through scholarship in one's "discipline of origin" and lived experience.  This might take the form of a "white paper," might be a compilation of blog entries, or might take another form, to be agreed upon with seminar faculty and fellow participants. 

 

The overall course grade (pass / fail) will be determined on the basis of: 

• Seminar participation (30%)
• Web-based learning community participation (30%)
• Complexity-informed community description / illustration (10%)
• Communiplexity position statement (30%)

 

 

Allison Pinto, Ph.D.

Department of Child and Family Studies

Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute

13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.

MHC 2222

University of South Florida

Tampa, Florida  33612

phone:  813-974-9179

fax:  813-974-7563

email:  apinto@fmhi.usf.edu

website:  www.fmhi.usf.edu