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Communities of Practice - 13 views

web.stanford.edu/...eckert2006.pdf

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shared by bettywells on 22 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Cody Peacock on 22 Jun 14
     
    This article looks at the connection between learning communities and linguistic and sociolinguistic elements that are essential to success in such communities. The article gives an initial theory of how linguistics is important in determining how different communities are conceived and the effect on diverse groups and how these communities are an excellent place to study those linguistics.
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  • Emmett Wemp on 22 Jun 14
     
    I found the phrase "shared experience over time, and a commitment to shared understanding" to be very powerful. It is the underlying foundation of a community of practice. Each member has something to contribute to the overall goal of understanding the same material.
  • bluejayteacher on 08 Sep 14
     
    An article that claims the success of communities of practice comes down to two things: "shared experience over time and a commitment to shared understanding." It further explains that not only are the experiences key, but it is crucial that those experiences have variety and diversity.
  • Megan Poindexter on 29 Jun 15
     
    I appreciate this piece because then intent is to build a concrete definition for communities of practice for an encyclopedia. It explores the sociological implications of the term and offers rich language that can be used to adequately define this particular type of community. According to the author there are two primary conditions in order for a collection of people to be considered a community of practice: commitment to the same shared understanding and a shared experience over time. These communities act as a tool to familiarize participant's with the world using the lenses of the group's interests.
  • Melodie Worthington on 30 Jun 15
     
    Concise definition and description of Communities of Practice. Focus is on relation to speech communities.
  • Rob Johnson on 04 Jul 15
     
    This article gives a straightforward explanation of communities of practice. The author discusses the role of linguistics in this approach, explains its value, and how it can be successful.
  • loganwillits on 04 Jul 15
     
    This article talks explains the idea of community of practice and how one might compare their community to others. The ability to establish the purpose of the community of practice in which you are participating will allow for differentiation amongst other communities of practice. Although it wasn't a major focus of the paper it was one of the things that I took from this article that hasn't really been brought up in others.
  • Elizabeth Wood on 05 Jul 15
     
    This article was written for the Encyclopedia of Langauge and Linguistics. The article discusses how communities of practice are "collections of people who engage on an ongoing basis in some common endeavor". They are based not on shared characteristics or co-presence, but rather on shared practices. The author also points out that there are two crucial conditions, "shared experience over time, and a commitment to shared understanding". The article then discusses communities of practice in the sense of linguistics.
  • Christopher Higgins on 05 Jul 15
     
    This article defines and explains the unique qualities of communities of practice. It also provides examples of how communities of practice are much different than other groupings we may identify.
  • David Mato on 06 Sep 15
     
    The author lists the needs of sharing experience over time and the commitment to share understanding to make the community of practice work. Collaboration between all parts of the CoP. The article describes how a Community of Practice does not only have to be educational. Examples like book clubs, bowling teams or a church congregation are used by the author in the article.
  • Heather Berlin on 07 Sep 15
     
    Communities of practice is described by Penelope Eckert. Communities of practice develops ways of doing things, views, values, power relations, and ways of talking. Two main parts of the meaning include shared experienced over time and a commitment to shared understanding.
  • amandahensley on 07 Jun 16
     
    This article summarizes the concept of Communities of Practice (CoPs) and examines this concept as the basis of a social theory of learning. CoPs are defined as "a collection of people who engage on an ongoing basis in some common endeavor." The primary virtue of a CoP lies in shared practice among members, which is a totally different idea then social groups based on gender, class, or physical location such as neighborhood or workplace. While this article focused particularly on the linguistic/speech field, the general theory behind the development of and discussion of benefits of CoPs was applicable to all domains.
  • amymitchell136 on 07 Jun 16
     
    This article gave a lot of information on Communities of Practice. I liked how they discussed the two crucial conditions of CoPs. The first is that they are a shared experience over time. As the group develops over time, there is a great level of consistency. It provides more opportunities for joint sense-making and deepening participants' knowledge. The second condition is that they are a commitment to shared understanding. Participants in the CoP practice collaborating by placing themselves in a group with respect the world around them. There is a commitment to mutual engagement, shared knowledge, and a sense of predictability.
  • brianbetteridge on 08 Jun 16
     
    Megan and Amy, I like the idea of commitment presented by this article. It's one thing to belong to a COP, but another to be committed to it. We can't just "join" a COP without actively participating in it and contributing to it. I think that's an important thing to remember.
  • Kim Davis on 09 Jun 16
     
    I also like the idea that at it's heart a COP is about mutual sense-making. The article mentions the idea of that being conflictual or consensual which I think is important to remember. A COP doesn't have to be all roses and unicorns to be effective.
  • scottcastro on 12 Jun 16
     
    This was a very interesting article to read by Penelope Eckert. The focus of this article takes on language and linguistics in CoPs, and Eckert claims that a "community of practice is thus a rich locus for the study of situated language use, of language change, and of the very process of conventionalization that underlies both." At its core, the claim being made is that language and linguistics is always evolving in CoPs and this helps with "identity construction" within a CoP.
  • ampengilley on 13 Jun 16
     
    This was an interesting read, though perhaps not particularly relevant to our class. It discusses communities of practice, what they are, where the theory came from, but it goes on beyond that to connect linguistics into it. I never would have considered that link if I had not read this.
  • Kjersti Withers on 14 Jun 16
     
    This brief encyclopedia entry about communities of practice gives a succinct summary of the theory and discusses how CoPs affect, and perhaps are affected by, language.
  • Kjersti Withers on 14 Jun 16
     
    This brief encyclopedia entry about communities of practice gives a succinct summary of the theory and discusses how CoPs affect, and perhaps are affected by, language.
  • Patricia Smeyers on 30 Aug 16
     
    Penelope Eckert explains that "a community of practice is a collection of people who engage on an ongoing basis in some common endeavor." CoP was developed by developed by Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger and is based on the social learning theory. The author discusses the two conditions that are necessary to have a successful community of practice and provides scholarly research on the linguistic factors of CoP.
  • chrisdenny on 02 Sep 16
     
    This article discusses the origins of Communities of Practice and then expands on the concepts by using examples that adhere to Anthropology and Linguistics.
  • kcastello on 06 Jun 17
     
    This article explains what a community of practice is. It gives two aspects that are necessary for a community of practice which are "shared experience over time, and a commitment to shared understanding." The article also contrasts communities of practice with groups of speakers. It also explains that a child's linguistics are much more related to a child's communities of practice as opposed to their parents' social class.
  • jershua1 on 11 Jun 17
     
    This article delves into the definition of communities of practice and relates this to the world beyond my lens of education. This academic article relates communities of practice to anthropology and linguistics. The way we talk influences our communities of practice. The things that band us together can be many… finding an identity inside of this community is important
  • bettywells on 03 Sep 17
     
    This article goes in great detail to define communities of practice. The author defines communities of practice as, a collection of people who engage on an ongoing basis in some common endeavor. Communities of practice develop in response to common interest, and have an important role in forming their members' participation. This commitment to the common interest holds the individual accountable for their participation.
Kathy Grubb

Education Week: Assistive-Tech Connections - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...01autistictech.h03.html

shared by Kathy Grubb on 30 Nov 12 - Cached
  • Kathy Grubb on 30 Nov 12
     
    Advancements in assistive technologies have spurred an emerging roster of new digital products designed to facilitate better communication between parents and teachers of children.
Darla Grant

QuadBlogging Connects Student Writers with Global Audiences | Edutopia - 2 views

www.edutopia.org/...echnology-classroom-suzie-boss

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  • Darla Grant on 05 Nov 12
     
    This article discusses a way to incorporate blogging as way to enhance student writing. Four classes take turn blogging once a week, and on the other three weeks, the other three classes comment. It's a great way to keep blogging fresh and hold students accountable for writing.
Melissa Getz

Cooperation vs Collaboration - 1 views

cloudhead.headmine.net/...cooperation-vs-collaboration

cooperation collaboration edtech543 collectives connectives

shared by Melissa Getz on 19 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Melissa Getz on 19 Jun 13
     
    I really am stuck on how these words can almost look the same and yet they are supposed to be different. Cloudhead, the author, simplifies the concepts in a way that lets them make sense. I am starting to see the beauty in these terms because he does an excellent job of providing examples I can understand and relate to. If you are also stuck on the "C" words, this seemingly simplistic explanation may help you, too.
Jenni Borg

(Assignment #2) 4. http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm - 3 views

This article discusses the learning theories of Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism, and Connectivism. These learning theories help educators shape ideas of how to structure a classroom based ...

Theory education technology EdTech543

started by Jenni Borg on 18 Jun 13 no follow-up yet
Jenni Borg

(Assignment #2) 6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6WVEFE-oZA - 4 views

This YouTube video explains what personal learning communities can do for you. For example, you have a friend that is exceptionally gifted with technology, but one day he leaves and your network fo...

elearning teaching digital EdTech543

started by Jenni Borg on 18 Jun 13 no follow-up yet
Dennis Large

(Assignment #2) 5. http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/523/1103 - 3 views

Great article Jenni. I have saved it into my Mendeley app with other resources for my dissertation! As the authors stated, we are definitely shifting toward more autonomous learners. I am still try...

education learning digital EdTech543

started by Jenni Borg on 18 Jun 13 1 follow-up, last by Dennis Large on 22 Jun 13
Casey Capece

http://infed.org/mobi/jean-lave-etienne-wenger-and-communities-of-practice/ - 1 views

Gives a background on the development of CoP as well as a bio on the two developers of the theory - Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger. The author points out issues and implications that educators have ...

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started by Casey Capece on 18 Jun 13 no follow-up yet
Casey Capece

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63rQ3S8EHoA&feature=youtu.be - 0 views

a video that shows a conversation/interview between Brantless Underhill and Etienne Wenger discussing what CoP is. Etienne Wenger describes a little bit about himself and how he is interested in t...

Etienne Wenger CoP social learning

started by Casey Capece on 18 Jun 13 no follow-up yet
Molly Large

http://www.ed.gov/oii-news/promise-communities-practice - 2 views

This will be interesting, as ED starts to model and explore some best practices. It's one thing to say you support the concept, and quite another to actually do it - I'm encouraged that they intend...

CoP edtech543 strategy

started by Casey Capece on 18 Jun 13 1 follow-up, last by Molly Large on 21 Jun 13
Dana Daines-Smith

The Art & Technique of Personal Learning Networks - 6 views

davidwarlick.com/...ingYourPersonalLearningNetwork

PLN web2.0 socialnetworking

shared by Dana Daines-Smith on 20 Jun 13 - Cached
  • Dana Daines-Smith on 20 Jun 13
     
    Discusses the origin of the concep to PLN's and how they morphed from PLE's to PLN's. Enforces the importance of learning a variety of web based applictions to create PLN's.
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  • Dennis Large on 22 Jun 13
     
    Thanks Dana. I always like reading David Warlick. He has a way of getting to the heart of the matter. The "Many PLN Paths" diagram in this article is particularly useful. I like the way he constructs the relationship between the technology tools as "aggregators" and the learner who maintains the connections.
  • Ashley Eivins on 22 Jun 13
     
    I found the diagram useful as well. I found the comparison of PLNs to ecosystem most interesting piece in this article. It provided with a valuable visual. #EdTechSN
  • vanessa botts on 22 Jun 13
     
    The analogy to the gardener's ecosystem was very useful to help understand the concept.
Greg Andrade

Rethinking Your Online Classroom with Connectivism - 2 views

facultyecommons.org/ne-classroom-with-connectivism

edtech543 connectivism networking technology educators eLearning

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  • Dana Daines-Smith on 20 Jun 13
     
    Views connectivism as a learning theory. Lists the 6 key skills that educators today should posses. These skills are: technical competence, experimentation of teaching methods, provide learners with autonomy, engage in creation, play and explore big ideas as well as capacity for complexity.
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  • Ashley Eivins on 21 Jun 13
     
    Learning theories make me nauseous, however, this website provides some valuable information. The website includes a brief overview of connectivism, recommended skills for today's educators, and tools to help you become connected.
  • scott hogan on 23 Jun 13
     
    Author Sam Gist defines connectivism and explores some of the possible challenges that educators may face in adapting to this into their classrooms. He also highlights skills that may help educators embrace connectivist principles.
  • Greg Andrade on 08 Sep 13
     
    Faculty eCommons is a nice resource for educators incorporating social network learning within the classroom. This specific page adresses connectivsim; its meaning and use as well as connectivist pedagogies.
annieyip

Making Meaning of Personal Learning Networks - 0 views

www.amle.org/...MG021015.pdf

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  • annieyip on 26 Jun 13
     
    Brenda A. Dyck works with teachers to learn the newest technologies to apply in the classroom. In this article she lists many Web 2.0 tools that she has used in her professional development training sessions and describes why they are useful.
Jason Marconi

Connectivism: new paradigm or fascinating pot-pourri? By: Antonio Calvani - 2 views

www.editlib.org/...article_43293.pdf

Technology education edtech543 learning web2.0 tools teaching elearning connectivism theory networks

shared by Jason Marconi on 24 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Richard Krause on 24 Jun 13
     
    This link downloads an article by Antonio Calvani from the University of Florence. He gives his take on whether connectivism is a legitimate learning theory or just a re-branding of the traditional three. He comes to the conclusion that digital access requires that we must re-think learning theories based on tools that were un-imaginable when those said theories were created.
  • Jason Marconi on 06 Sep 13
     
    Calvani, A. (2009). Connectivism: new paradigm or fascinating pot-pourri?. Journal of E-learning and Knowledge Society, 4(1). This article is a little hard to swallow at times. In what seems to be a love affair for his own writing he denounces, disagrees, and argues against the text Knowing Knowledge, By Siemens. I am all for disagreeing and arguing but not at the expense of the writer's own opinion where he cannot incorporate any research that supports his position. The author argues that many are too quick to adopt "isms" as a new learning theory and web 2.0 buzzword. He seems to jump from Connectivism as an unfinished theory and being incomplete, again though with no research backing up his own opinion and claim. Just when I thought he was done speaking about anything that I could connect with, Mr. Calvani did illicit a head nod. "A wild transfer of Connectivism to school would lead to think that putting students on the net is enough to produce knowledge, thus consolidating that widespread harmful cliché according to which the more technologies we use, anyway we do it, the better it is for learning".(Calvani,) As an alternative viewpoint to Connectivism he does draw some interesting end points, albeit at the sake of providing actual research for his own defense.
mark_bishop

Stephen Downes on Knowledge - 0 views

www.immagic.com/...S051222D.pdf

connectivism emmergence distribution

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  • mark_bishop on 23 Jun 13
     
    Stephen Downes's paper on knowledge contains insights about many topics, including the types of knowledge, emergence (the idea that some knowledge comes through connections between events, actors, or things), and knowledge distribution. Downes flagrantly displays his cognitive bias in his offhand dismissal of political conspiracies when discussing physicality, but makes many interesting and thought provoking points.
mark_bishop

Connectivism and Chaos Theory - 0 views

www.academia.edu/...Connectivism_and_Chaos_Theory

connectivism chaos theory elearning

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  • mark_bishop on 24 Jun 13
     
    This article considers the connections between connectivism and chaos theory. It makes the observation that they do share similar features in the basic theory.
Renee Phoenix

Oscar Berg: The collaboration pyramid (or iceberg) - 6 views

www.oscarberg.net/...collaboration-pyramid.html

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shared by Renee Phoenix on 05 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • Renee Phoenix on 05 Jul 15
     
    I found this visual to be an interesting model of what happens below the surface in a collaborative setting. Networking and building up a PLN certainly seem to be core activities, but as Berg mentions, it's often not recognized or valued.
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  • cbjohnsrud on 05 Jul 15
     
    I appreciated this visual of collaboration, too. The "under the surface" work is often the most essential, but least visible component to successful collaborative project. The most foundational layer requires individuals to make themselves visible...and for many that is the most challenging part!
  • Rob Johnson on 05 Jul 15
     
    I like how this source provided a unique way to look at collaboration. Collaboration is a skill that I am always trying to instill in my students. I also enjoyed that they included the graphic to help the reader understand the concept as well.
  • Cassie Davenport on 06 Jul 15
     
    Renee, I appreciate you including this blog post with our Diigo collection of resources. This idea of the iceberg makes so much sense. It remembers me a lot of research surrounding language learning as well. There is so much below the surface that is hard to articulate or appreciate. This visual will be very helpful as I work with my teachers and admin next year. It is important that professionals understand that within PLNs there is a lot that happens that cannot be seen, yet it is these powerful connections and interactions that will most effective a teacher's practice
agilin

The Value of Connectivism -- THE Journal - 11 views

thejournal.com/...the-value-of-connectivism.aspx

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  • froggy_carma on 04 Sep 16
     
    In this article from The Journal Patricia Deubel, Ph.D give a really good break down of connectivity and how learn now for students is not about know what but knowing where to find it.
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  • klauritsen on 04 Sep 16
     
    What a great article that shows merit for connectivism in the new tech age. The comment about students not seeing the importance in passive activities is becoming prevelant in my own classroom. Taking into account the changes that are occuring with technology and internet, as well as the use of communities of practice can help educators best reach students using connectivism theories and approaches.
  • Mary Carter on 04 Sep 16
     
    "Connectivism recognizes that learning resides in a collective of individuals' opinions and nonhuman appliances." This is a great statement to show that connectivist theory centers on the interaction of people. In addition, it explains how the new theory works with personal networks and communities of practice. The digital age is transforming the way people approach learning.
  • anonymous on 04 Sep 16
     
    The phrase "know where" in relation to connectivism is a great way to describe it. I have found that the most important aspect of my job is to know where to find the answer, the people that understand that concept are the most successful.
  • Buffy Naillon on 05 Sep 16
     
    One of the things that I really appreciated about this article is that it highlights how much learning has become a non-linear activity. I actually think that way naturally, but many people don't. This helps me to have insight into how to explain my process a bit and to appreciate that quality in other learners.
  • agilin on 05 Sep 16
     
    Great article discussing the emergence of connectivism. It describes an ecological approach to learning and mentions various tools that are available through CoPs and PNLs. It focuses on educators being lifelong learners and utilizing the resources that are available through digital networks.
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