Designing the projects is the most important phase of learning circles and for some people, the most difficult to understand. The reason is that we are used to having defined projects and clear project leaders. One of the important dimensions of learning circles is distributed leadership. Participants are both leaders and participants. By creating a project we take ownership of the project and responsibility to see it through to completion. Each of the individuals in a learning circles brings a unique way of examining the theme or project and invites the other participants to work with them to make their part of the circle work successfully.
Activity 2.3.1 – Defining your project
This activity should take you 60-90 minutes to complete online.
- Create a project page on the group wiki. Give the page a clear name which identifies the nature of your project.
- Outline your objectives for your project.
- State the desired outcome – the final product.
- Specifically state how you would like other learning circle members to collaborate with you.
- Comment on the project pages of other members in your learning circle.
- Mention how you can make a connection to their project.
- Mention how you plan to contribute to the project.
Source: onlinelearningcircles
