K12Online

=**Connected Learning Communities (CLC): Learning and Leading in the Digital Age**= ====SESSION DESCRIPTION Professional learning communities can engender much-needed meaningful collaboration and learning among educators -- collaboration that leads to improved practice, greater student achievement and positive school reform; collaboration now further enabled by the affordances of current technologies.As a result of this presentation participants will understand the dispositions and skills required to become self directed learners in a participatory culture, to engage in inquiry-driven learning, to share ideas and expertise in global ever-growing sustainable personal/professional learning networks as well as situated and virtual learning communities.====

http://blip.tv/file/get/K12online-ConnectedLearningCommunitiesLearningAndLeadingInADigital821.mp3
=ECI 831 Open Learning Course= http://eci831.wikispaces.com/

> > **The Art of Building Learning Communities** > http://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/blog/2007/08/the-art-of-buil.html > > ===Professional Learning Communities that Reach Outside the School=== > http://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/blog/2007/10/professional-le.html > > **We Might Be Giants** > []
 * Content That May Be Relevant to this Presentation**
 * [|Creating Learning Organizations] by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
 * [|No Limits] by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
 * Building Virtual Communities by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
 * [|Model Schools]
 * Empowering Teachers and Students Through Technology: An Interview With Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
 * ENDAPT by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Chris Gareis
 * 10 Minute Lectures- Art of Building Virtual Learning Communities
 * Global Communities Rethink Learning By Tanya Roscorla

http://www.21stcenturycollaborative.com/
 * Sheryl's Blog**

http://plpnetwork.com
 * Powerful Learning Practice**