Yesterday, during the Mozilla work week, some comments made by my colleagues made me think about Webmaker Clubs using a new metaphor. I tested it out in a few conversations and it didn’t get shot down, so I’m recording it here to come back to.

I thought about there being ‘three legs to the stool’ for Webmaker Clubs (name TBC):

• Web literacy
• Facilitation
• Pedagogy/ethos

The Web Literacy Map (currently v1.1 but soon v2.0) provides the basis for curriculum and learning pathways. We can build off this in a fairly straightforward way - and in fact Laura Hilliger has begun to do just that.

What I feel we need is some kind of 'map’ for the other two legs of the stool. What what this look like for facilitation skills? What about for pedagogy/ethos?

I was asked for clarity on pedagogy/ethos. It probably needs a better name, but all I mean here are the approaches to teaching and learning that work well in blended learning environments. What works well when you’re mentoring people both online and offline? Also, in terms of ethos, what do we mean by 'working open’?

If we went ahead with this approach we’d need to get the help of the community to help build it – as we do with the Web Literacy Map. The great thing is that if we did it right, we could provide a handbook that works in most situations. It would need to be generic enough to be applicable everywhere, but specific enough to guide new mentors.

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Comments? Questions? Email me: doug@mozillafoundation.org

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