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Recommended Reading Summary: A Chapter of “From Practice Fields to Communities of Practice”

Adobe Captivate

Chapter 2: From Practice Fields to Communities of Practice by Sasha Barab and Thomas Duffy (2012). There are a range of opinions and positions within the constructivist and situativity communities regarding even the basic concepts laid out in this text. Here is this month’s chapter summary.

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Unpacking collaboration and cooperation?

Clark Quinn

I wondered whether there are two types of cognitive actions, e.g. collaboration and communication. Less intently, it may be a ‘show your work’ type of thing, where the organizational culture is supporting sharing, but it’s also an expectation. So I wondered if I might tease out two dimensions.

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Key Social Learning Resources: Part 2

Jane Hart

Communities of practice or learning communities are another hot topic at the moment, since for many they seem to be an easy way to get started with social approaches. But too often there is talk of the need for “community management&#. But we still talk about ‘management’ of communities!

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Knowledge, practice and community

Learning with e's

In this post, I extend this idea into the work Lave did with Etienne Wenger, which has become known as Communities of Practice. The work of Lave and Wenger advances this concept, turning its focus to the people who make up the learning communities we are all a part of. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2.

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Re-imagining Work & Learning in a Networked World

ID Reflections

Or will work itself subsume learning enabled by a transformed L&D / facilitators / coaches / mentors and the "right" organizational culture? Working adults will make the best use of all available resources to connect, collaborate, cooperate and build communities of practices. Only adults doing their work.

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Our mutual friends

Learning with e's

Learning within a highly connected community of practice provides learners with new vistas, greater scope for exploration, and access to dialogue at the highest level in their field of study. 2006) Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2. References Jenkins, H.

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Is all learning social?

Learning with e's

In essence, Vygotskii's argument is that all humans learn within rich social and cultural situations, and that children and novices learn better when they are in the presence of knowledgeable or more experienced others than they do when they are on their own. This is known as the zone of proximal development (ZPD).

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