Comments on: Community Definitions

By: Cole Camplese

Cole Camplese — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:22:33 +0000

In ETS we have a few extras — for those of you not part of our world, go the community route and see if someone will allow you to borrow!

By: Jamie Oberdick

Jamie Oberdick — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:59:27 +0000

Don’t have a Web cam – how do I get access to one? Might be a good place to let people know who are in my situation so they don’t feel left out of a great idea.

By: Cole Camplese

Cole Camplese — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:09:04 +0000

Thanks to everyone who commented! If you made a video and didn’t leave it as a video comment, I created a quick screencast showing how to link the response to the original. Thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV_AvGyxiYQ

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:40:22 +0000

Great idea & it fits nicely with a project I’m currently working on. Thanks. Here is my response (you can hear some sounds of my office near the end as the door opens) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RitWs_Cx8KI&watch_response

By: Julie Meyer

Julie Meyer — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:30:41 +0000

I thought I would share my thoughts also.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM59rHhxhHE

By: Lis

Lis — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:55:18 +0000

I feel like I should have a better response but here are my ramblings for you to consider http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g92XqGr4GnA Interested in seeing results of the PSUtube Community Experiment!

By: Shannon Ritter

Shannon Ritter — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:46:10 +0000

Here’s my video response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY6MYTbY9Zo

Also, Elizabeth, I agree with Cole. I think sometimes it’s really fantastic to hear the background noise in videos. I think that lends to the spontaneous, informal, personal, ‘real’ sense video provides. We’ve done some really informal videos at the World Campus graduation receptions that we’ve put on our Penn State World Campus YouTube channel and I think they’re some of the most powerful things we can share with students. There’s tons of background noise in them, but you can see the excitement, passion, and spontaneity of our students and I love that.

http://www.youtube.com/psuworldcampus

By: Cole Camplese

Cole Camplese — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:39:13 +0000

EP … I would argue that you wouldn’t need a conference room at all. Talk for 30 seconds out loud and if someone comes to shush you, I think you have a fairly strong video demonstrating non-community! I think it would honestly be cool to hear the background noise of the larger office environment while you shared your voice.

This is an interesting point however — that video requires a quiet place. I wonder if students would be concerned about responding via video comments in the HUB? I have no idea! Regardless, thanks for the comment!

By: Jim Groom

Jim Groom — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:16:50 +0000

Here are my contributions
http://bavatuesdays.com/30-seconds-on-community/

By: E. Pyatt

E. Pyatt — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:22:15 +0000

Interesting idea….but to be the voice of annoying logistics – video requires a quiet space. In my case I would have to book a conference room or tranquilize my adorable, but ever vigilant barking corgi.

Thus, for me, the 30 second spontaneous video is a 30 minute studio session with prescheduling required.

FWIW my text version is:
“In biological terms, a community is a group of interacting organisms sharing an environment. 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. In sociology, the concept of community has caused infinite debate,”

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community