DS4OERS NUS/COP/Desribe COPS
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In this section, we take a brief look at communities of practice (CoP) -- a concept proposed by Etienne Wenger and Jean Lave[1] in 1991, to describe the process of collective learning in an area of shared interest.
There are three characteristics which distinguish a community of practice:
- Domain: The group's identity is defined by a shared interest - for example, facilitating the co-operative development and adoption of OER in teaching.
- Community action: Members participate in joint activities and discussions to share information and help each other. Note that a website with a list of members is not of itself a community of practice - the members must take part in activities or discussions to help each other in their domain of interest.
- The practice: Communities of practice are more than just communities of interest. Members actively share practice - for instance, by sharing resources, tools, and ways of addressing recurring problems.
References
- ↑ Lave, Jean, and Wenger, Etienne. (1991). Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-42374-8. (first published in 1990 as Institute for Research on Learning report 90-0013)
- ↑ Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner. (2015). Introduction to Communities of Practice. A brief overview of the concept and its uses