Discussion Response to my classmates discussion post.

Respond to two of my colleagues’ postings in one of the following ways:

• Propose how you might support your colleague in meeting his or her goals for being part of the learning community and residency.
• Provide an analysis of how your colleague’s views of his or her role in the learning community resonate with your own.
• Offer suggestions to minimize challenges when building a learning community.
• Each discussion post response should be 200 words each.

Please note that, for each response, you must include a minimum of one appropriately cited scholarly reference.

Please see attachment for the two discussion post you will be responding to.

Respond to Discussion Question 1 (200 word Min)

· Detail the steps you will take to establish your role in your new learning community.

-There are many steps that I will take to establish my new role in my new learning community. I plan to reach out to other student’s to network and establish relationships. I also plan to do further research on the topics that are mentioned week by week. Lasty, I plan to seek out ways to incorporate this program with outside activites that will lead to me becoming a better business leader. This will include seminars, webinars, and other self development programs.

 

· Categorize by your goals the individuals that are or will become members of your learning community.

-My family will be my first supporter’s in reaching my goals. My second set of supporters will be my friends. I only develop friendships that are beneficial for my growth and success, so this is very possible. Lasty, I feel that Walden has a huge support system. My advisor, professors, and other resources will become supportive assets. 

 

· Assess how these individuals will support you in achieving your goals.

-My family will help me reach my goals by ensuring that I am morally and financially supported throughout my journey. My friends will help me reach my goals by encouraging me and just being a positive influence. 

My advisor, professors, and other Walden resources will give me the tools that will guide me towards my goal. 

 

· Evaluate when and how you will reach out to your learning community to share your goals and needs.

-I will evaluate when and how I will reach out to my learning community about twice a week. I will first conduct and internal and external assesment of myself. Then, based off the assesment I will then make sound decision to express my goals and needs. 

 

· Identify challenges to building your learning community

-Some challeneges that I will face is expecting everyone to be there for me on my time. It is not a gaurantee that people will be there when I need them. 

 

· Analyze your goals for residency—in particular, what you hope to contribute and what you hope to gain from spending time with others in your learning community.

 

-For residency, I hope to network and build strong relationships. I hope to learn from many students and gain a plethora of knowledge. I also hope to be able to share some things that I know. 

 

References

 

Laureate Education (Producer). (2012a). Being part of a learning community and attending residency [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

 

Laureate Education (Producer). (2013).  Voices of DBA students [Multimedia file].  Baltimore, MD:  Author

 

Respond to Discussion Question 2 (200 word Min)

 The 21st century has been dominated by information technology and our ability to make it a requisite aspect of attaining an advantage in any intellectual undertaken. Our ability to navigate our way through various technologies by either been a student or instructor helps us to learn and obtain respect. Technology does a lot in our lives when it comes to education. We do not only communicate with technology , because technology also helps us and our community to become a more established place to be. “Technology supports and expands the sociocultural links that help give us intellectual identity. It also provides new “power tools” for learning that enable students to develop the inter-personal and intellectual skills necessary to construct shared understandings of their world. These power tools are the keys for the creation and communication of ideas. Learning communities powered by these evolving tools provide a way to develop an instructional system that can help students learn to work in a world culture and to shape their destiny in the interdependent world of the 21st century” (Riel & Fulton, 2001).You don’t even have to look far as to what technology has been able to do us as academicians. Walden University and other institutions of learning are typical examples of what community building is all about when it comes to technology. “Communicate and collaborate on educational virtual communities and social networks or others of interest” (Marin, Negre, & Perez, 2014).

In terms of detailing my steps in the creation of my personal learning network(PLN), technology had taught me to be very detail and creative in making sure you’ve a good impression. When creating such, you’ve to make sure you got a good profile picture, you have a reliable profile. My description will be on analyzing myself, my educational goals and my field of study. A photo representative of me will be of value to my little network. I will also take advantage of creating a profile on Face Book that will allow me to connect with friends, love ones, classmates, and professional acquaintances. “Building this involves interacting with both people you know as well as people you may not. The important part is finding people that share your values and interests. As mentioned, finding new Tweeps to follow will occur naturally, but how do you begin to fill out your PLN with the best people out there” (Grantham, April 17, 2012).

In a community like this you ought to be open and allow people that are not even a part or share your views to be a part of this community. But you have to be careful and take your time by having people that share your views and understandings alike to be the first to consider on there before anyone else.”When first joining Twitter there is an overwhelming urge to follow anyone and everyone. This is not a great way to build an understanding of Twitter as a tool or Twitter as a community. I suggest starting small. Follow a handful of people that you know personally or you know as thought leaders and trustworthy sources. This will let you get used to the vast amount of information shared on Twitter as well as get a clear idea about how to start growing your PLN” (Grantham, April 17, 2012). 

Because of our share goals and uniqueness, these individuals will support me by being comfortable to reach out to me without any fear of contradicting me. They will know how and when to put any infos out concerning the network because we share the same aspirations. Everyone in that network will know how challenging it is in my academics because they been there and done that and will share the same sentiments. “A combination of both consuming and contributing, collaborating is creating conversations with your PLN. This is the best way to build personal and professional relationships on your network. It is also a great way to ask and answer questions as well as get noticed as a thought leader within your network” (Grantham, April 17, 2012).

I will reach out to my learning community via virtual chart room in my community by asking everyone to share our goals. In an academic settings like our class, most of such will be done via in person meetings like the residency programs we have here at Walden. At such meetings, you come to get to know people that are in the same academic discipline as you and those that have the same dream and aspirations as you. In such settings, you get to mingle, and even meet potential business partners.

I plan to take advantage of the first residency opportunity accorded to me as a first timer by Walden this fall. I plan to connect with fellow scholarly minds and academicians.It is imperative of me to derive my plans and steps to improve upon my DBA progress with faculty members. Talk to potential chairs and advisors to further help me excel. I plan at the residency, to come up with an idea of what my dissertation will be. At least come up with my dissertation questions.

References:

Marín, V., Negre, F., & Pérez, A. (2014). Construction of the foundations of the PLE and PLN for collaborative learning. Comunicar, 21(42), 35–42. doi: 10.3916/C42-2014-03

Riel, M., & Fulton, K. (2001). The role of technology in supporting learning communities. Phi Delta Kappan, 82(7), 518–523.

Grantham, N. (2012, April 17). 5 tips for building a healthy PLN with Twitter [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.fractuslearning.com/pln-twitter/

Discussion: Membership in a Learning Community

Communities are, in essence, places where members are bonded to one another by mutual commitments and special relationships, where they share a set of ideas and values that they feel compelled to follow.
             —Thomas Sergiovanni, “Small Schools, Great Expectations”

From the time they are born, people learn from others—long before they are aware of it. In many cultures, small family units gradually widen into larger communities, including communities of formal education that include teachers and independent scholars. In addition, within these larger communities, people often join smaller communities, such as sports teams, organizations, and informal friendship groups. As people progress through higher education, they make additional conscious choices about the communities of which they become a part, including those specifically geared toward learning and growth.

As a DBA independent scholar at Walden, you are not alone. You have made a conscious, self-directed decision to become part of the Walden learning community. Of course, at times it may be tempting, as you sit at your computer, to think of your pursuit of your degree as a solitary effort. It will take conscious commitment to engage as an active member who both learns from and contributes to a learning community.

As you watch and listen to others talk about the experience of being part of the Walden learning community and attending residency, reflect on the opportunities and responsibilities that exist for you. Consider your support strategy as you prepare your analysis.

To prepare for this Discussion, review this week’s readings and view the media “Being Part of a Learning Community and Attending Residency.” Also, listen to the insights offered by Walden DBA independent scholars in the interactive media piece “Voices of DBA Students.” Focus on the students’ explanations of what it means to be a part of the Walden learning community and their descriptions of their residency experience. Consider the week’s literature, along with your SWOT analysis, and assess your support needs.

By Day 3

Post an analysis of your role in your new learning community, including the support you require to complete your doctoral degree. In your analysis, be sure to do the following:

· Detail the steps you will take to establish your role in your new learning community.

· Categorize by your goals the individuals that are or will become members of your learning community.

· Assess how these individuals will support you in achieving your goals.

· Evaluate when and how you will reach out to your learning community to share your goals and needs.

· Identify challenges to building your learning community.

· Analyze your goals for residency—in particular, what you hope to contribute and what you hope to gain from spending time with others in your learning community.