This year OLN is trying something new to encourage collaboration between Learning Communities within their institution, region, and across the state. Ning is a social network website much like Facebook or MySpace. The concept is the same however the features are much different. Ning enables one to:

• Blog, post to a forum, email a group or individual, keep in contact with your Regional Center, post a photo or video, tag conversations and other items so they can be easily found later with a search, upload widgets such as your Google calendar, file share, and personalize a space for yourself and your Learning Community.
• Have certain forum posts of interest be delivered to your preferred email address.
• Adjust your personal settings to have all messages delivered to your preferred email address.
• Use Ning as an aggregator of information by adding RSS fees.
• Read more about Ning features

The Learning Communities Initiative Network looks like this: