What is a Community of Practice? - 5 views
Great read. I especially like the part about "active participation" in a community. This seems a powerful learning theory - my students are always worried about their identity within their communit...
Great read. I especially like the part about "active participation" in a community. This seems a powerful learning theory - my students are always worried about their identity within their communit...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx5VHpaW8sQ In this video, Dr. Siemens provides a brief overview of the topic of connectivism. Siemens asserts that knowledge is a networked product, meaning that i...
http://www.kstoolkit.org/Communities+of+Practice This wikispace provides a comprehensive overview of Communities of Practice. There are several links and connected resources that provide backgroun...
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1143/2086 Summary: In this article, Carmen Tschofen, a researcher and historian, and Jenny Mackness, an independent researcher, bring together c...
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/890 Summary: In this article, Terry Anderson and Jon Dron of Athabasca University, Canada determine that distance education pedagogy can be brok...
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/523/1103 Summary: In this article, Rita Kop of the University of Wales Swansea and Adrian Hill of Open School BC, Canada, explore various concer...
http://www1.udel.edu/educ/whitson/files/Lave,%20Situating%20learning%20in%20communities%20of%20practice.pdf Summary: In this article, Jean Lave, Ph. D. and social anthropologist, proposes that lea...
https://moo27pilot.eduhk.hk/pluginfile.php/415222/mod_resource/content/3/Learningasasocialsystem.pdf Summary: In this article, Etienne Wenger, consultant on communities of practice (CoP's) and aut...
http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3559/3131 Summary: In this article, Kamakshi Rajagopal, Desiree Joosten-ten Brinke, Jan Van Bruggen, and Peter B. Sloep explore how professiona...
http://www.je-lks.org/ojs/index.php/Je-LKS_EN/article/view/247/229 Summary: In this article, Scott Wilson (professor), Oleg Liber, Mark Johnson, Phil Beauvoir, Paul Sharples, and Colin Milligan of...
http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1877042812039821/1-s2.0-S1877042812039821-main.pdf?_tid=ec48b012-91bf-11e7-aa65-00000aab0f02&acdnat=1504564094_572cb67cabdc6ea9b64914687eda00a4 Summary: In this article, Ray...
I use theskimm.com each day. I like to stay updated on what is going on in the news but I like a summary version of it. http://www.theskimm.com/?r=6d8e33d7
Hi, I just joined this group. One of my go-to sites lately has been this one: http://www.p21.org/our-work/4cs-research-series There is a lot of talk lately in my work circle about the 4Cs: Collab...
I enjoyed this brief article (with an accompanying report) about a study of online enrollment numbers: https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/news_item/report-one-four-students-enrolled-online-co...
Hi, everyone, My name is Barak Stanley, and I just joined this group. I went to a seminar by Rick Morris that discussed including music into everyday classroom routines. It has changed my te...
This is such a great resource. Have you seen Tween Tribune from the Smithsonian? They have a similar concept though the content coverage is a bit more limited. That being said, it's also totally fr...
This is one of my favorite places to get timely (and free) informational text pieces to use with younger readers. Much like NewsELA, the site gives teachers the flexibility to adjust the Lexile lev...
http://www.innovativelearning.com/teaching/communities_of_practice.html This webpage provides a helpful overview of Communities of Practice and the distinctions between CoPs and teams. It also pro...
This PLN overview video provides a brief definition of PLNs and some ideas for getting started. https://youtu.be/Ju54C5A3RCw The video was helpful, but I also found the connected blog post to be...
https://blog.yorksj.ac.uk/moodle/2014/05/13/what-is-a-personal-learning-network/ The blog post from York St. John University defines personal learning networks (PLNs) and personal learning environ...