Comments on: Definition of Technology Steward

By: Moderators - Community Managers - Technology Stewards | learnE

Moderators - Community Managers - Technology Stewards | learnE — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:18:07 +0000

[...] John Smith explains that ‘nobody wakes up spontaneously and says “I’m a technology steward” but he does believe that there needs to be someone who knows what they are talking about and to help with making choices and planning direction. [...]

By: Ed Mitchell: Platform neutral » Blog Archive » The Five Golden Rules for multi-platform development

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:41:44 +0000

[...] made me think of Nancy White, John Smith and Etienne Wenger and their work on the emerging role of Technology Steward: (golden rule from [...]

By: Socialreporter | Organise social reporters? Up to a point.

Socialreporter | Organise social reporters? Up to a point. — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:37:28 +0000

[...] and might do that in a more organised way … whether they call it social reporting, technology stewardship or whatever. A few of us have been talking about a get-together that might be the basis for a [...]

By: Simon Pan

Simon Pan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:15:54 +0000

John,
I think to a certain extent the technologies can help give insight into the users activities, (which i mean by way of explicit use of the technology itself), however, over time, as the users become more accustomed to the technologies, monitoring this growth (by both technological and UCD approaches), and understanding what factors may be potentially hindering the users from meeting their needs, would contribute to my understanding of what would be better suited for the future of the CoP.
I’m curious to know how other technology stewards gain an understanding of their CoP members’ needs, either before the CoP has been setup or whilst the CoP is active. What processes/techniques are used?
Im very used to working within HCI frameworks, and look at CoP members both as members of a wider community and as users of a system.
What other perspectives do people hold?

By: smithjd

smithjd — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:41:01 +0000

Simon, One of our intentions in proposing the definition was to both describe what many of us have been doing all along and suggest developments, new learning, exchange with others about their practice, etc. One thing I would ask, based on what you’ve said, is how you think your technology stewardship will change as the community becomes established? Will the technologies you propose to the community, for example, give you a window into their activities, their thinking, and their needs?

By: Simon Pan

Simon Pan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:25:15 +0000

This is a very interesting definition. I’m quite curious about it because I believe I’m playing this role trying to kickstart a community of practice. This CoP is contextualised in UNSW Engineering Faculty, Australia. However, I’m taking a user-centered design approach in understanding user’s needs, and fitting appropriate technologies to these needs before kick starting the group. Interviews, surveys, scenarios and personas are all techniques and processes we use to understand our users goals.
What do others think?

By: Learning Alliances » CPsquare Newsletter: events, conferences, and books

Learning Alliances » CPsquare Newsletter: events, conferences, and books — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:08:56 +0000

[...] continue working (because they get translated to the current scheme: http://learningalliances.net/2006/12/definition-of-technology-steward/). When you’ve been down in the trenches dealing with nits, little things like that seem [...]

By: Wide Open Spaces · Connected Futures

Wide Open Spaces · Connected Futures — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:40:43 +0000

[...] asked me to contribute with some of my “Webhead” experience as a technology steward, a role that until now, I had not exactly realized I have been increasingly playing since I [...]

By: wide open spaces · Connected Futures

wide open spaces · Connected Futures — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:17:32 +0000

[...] asked me to contribute with some of my “Webhead” experience as a technology steward, a role that until now, I had not realized I have been increasingly playing since I connected to [...]

By: Hello world! « Socialreporter

Hello world! « Socialreporter — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:16:25 +0000

[...] a role it could sit with knowledge activist, technology steward, collaboration co-ordinator as a description for someone exploring how to do good stuff with new [...]