In April 2016, we visited the Academic Enhancement Center at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China. We did a keynote at their Learning and Teaching Colloquium and participated in a series of activities. The team created a great video report of our visit, including extracts from our keynote and workshops, as well as thematic snippets …
Partly out of a sense of drama and partly to make a point I sometimes find myself being dismissive of “collaboration” and “sharing knowledge”. This is why. First, social learning is first and foremost about – well – learning. Learning as a social enterprise. Say, write, or even think a word that you assume makes …
Betreaters in Canada explore the differences between teachers and social learning leaders
NOTICE: There is an updated version of all these FAQs on our new website: See new FAQs Should communities of practice attempt to assess or measure the value they create? The issue of measurement and assessment is a controversial one when it comes to communities. Some see measurements as community killers and some see them …
NOTICE: There is an updated version of all these FAQs on our new website: See new FAQs What are three key success factors for communities of practice? Communities of practice are complex social structures, whose voluntary and self-governing nature makes them quite sensitive to subtle dynamics. As a result a host of factors potentially contribute …
NOTICE: There is an updated version of all these FAQs on our new website: See new FAQs How big can a community of practice become? Being a community of practice does not depend on size. It depends on identification with the domain and enough mutual engagement to produce learning value. Of course, if a community …
NOTICE: There is an updated version of all these FAQs on our new website: See new FAQs What level of participation should one expect in a community of practice? Participation in communities of practice is rarely a person’s main activity or job, so expected levels of participation should reflect this reality. Mainly they should reflect …
NOTICE: There is an updated version of all these FAQs on our new website: See new FAQs How long should a community of practice be expected to last? There really is no set length of time that a community should last. In most cases, a community of practice starts without a clear sense of how …
NOTICE: There is an updated version of all these FAQs on our new website: See new FAQs How long should a community take to get going? Community formation takes time, but the time it takes for a community to become fully operational varies a lot from case to case. Some communities are so ready to …
NOTICE: This is an old blog post. There is an updated version of all these FAQs on our new website: See new FAQs What are the first three things one should consider doing to get a community of practice started? You cannot start a community by yourself. In fact you cannot start a community at …
