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Building the IVINURS community…

Building the IVINURS community…. Linda Martindale Elizabeth Rogerson IVINURS & University of Dundee. The community. What is a community?.

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Building the IVINURS community…

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  1. Building the IVINURS community… Linda Martindale Elizabeth Rogerson IVINURS & University of Dundee

  2. The community • What is a community? ‘In human communities, intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, risks and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness.’ Wikipedia

  3. The community ‘…in many cases, repositories may be set up with the expectation or hope that a particular community of users will coalesce around it out of that broader community of stakeholders ‘ CD-LOR, 2006 What is a repository community?

  4. Building the IVINURS community • The story • The nature of the community • How important is the community now? • What are the lessons learned?

  5. The story Once upon a time there was a largely unconnected group of people… Intent Belief Resources Preferences Needs Risks

  6. What happened next? The International Virtual Nursing School (IVINURS) was formed to: • provide e-learning services to nursing schools in HE • form a collaborative group for related activities: research; teaching support; workshops; exchanges; quality in e-learning

  7. In the early stages… • IVINURS set up repository and a formal governance structure • Community aspects happened incidentally; organic growth and maturity of the organisation took place over time. • Some did not work eg. discussionboards. • Some worked eg. logo

  8. After a while… How was the repository doing? Bilateral and then multilateral community activities start to emerge: • exchanges • consultancies • presentations • discussion of key issues (business plan)

  9. And in the end… Did they all live happily ever after? • The community is more mature and open. • Working with other HE institutions and cultures is not friction-free • In collaboration secure finance can underpin the community

  10. And in the end… Did they all live happily ever after? Intent Belief Resources Preferences Needs Risks

  11. What is the community like? Inner circle Wider circle Outer circle ‘…it is useful to distinguish between a core group of end users and the wider community of stakeholders.’CD-LOR, 2006

  12. How important is it? • It is essential • It directs development • Some communities are more influential than others But... • It needs a purpose • It can be restrictive or slow

  13. What are the lessons learned? • The community is (and should be) characterised by change – this is what makes it difficult to manage, but change is also dynamic and developmental • Ownership and engagement of repository will only occur if the community is certain stage of development. • It is all about the community

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