Online community

What are online communities?

• A gathering place for diverse people to meet

• A nurturing place for learning and developing

• A growing place - allowing members to try new ideas and concepts in a safe environment

• Integrated. As an ecology, activities ripple across the domain. Knowledge in one area filters to another. Courses as a stand alone unit often do not have this transference.

• Connected. People, resources, and ideas are connected and accessible across the community.

• Symbiotic. A connection that is beneficial to all members of the community...needed in order for the community to survive.