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Contexts of learning community of practice
1. CONTEXTS OF LEARNING:
A VIEW OF COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Shurla Charles-Forbes
Masters in Education, Adult Education Candidate
Yorkville University
Course: EDUC 6303
2. OUTLINE
What is Learning?
Definition of Contexts of Learning
Community of Practice (CoP)
Implications
What it means for learners
Conclusion
3. WHAT IS LEARNING?
Merriam, Caffarella and Baumgartner (2007, p.
277) writing on the work of Illeris 2000; Ormrod,
(1995), defines learning as “a process that brings
together cognitive, emotional, and environmental
influences and experiences for acquiring,
enhancing, or making changes in one’s knowledge,
skills, values, and worldviews”.
5. DEFINITION OF CONTEXTS OF LEARNING
Learning Context – “the set of circumstances that
are relevant when someone needs to learn
something”. de Figueiredo (2005, p. 128).
Context – “the set of circumstances that are
relevant for the learner to build knowledge when
referring to content”. de Figueiredo (2005, p. 129).
7. EXAMPLE OF CONTEXTS OF LEARNING
Community of Practice (CoP) – “groups of people
who share a concern or a passion for something
they do and learn and how to do it better as they
interact regularly”. Wegner, (n.d.,p.1).
8. ORIGIN OF COP
Learning Theory – “the community that acts as a
living curriculum for the apprentice” coined by
Wegner & Lave. Wegner (n.d., pp.3-4)
Ollis (2011, p. 253) notes that Lave and Wenger’s
“development of a theory of adult learning which
situates learning in social and community sites
has contributed to understanding knowledge
formation through informal learning”.
Seaman (2008, p. 270) stated that it was in an
“effort to provide perspective on learning and
knowing within a social context”.
10. DIMENSIONS FOR COP
Domain – shared interest
Community – joint activities & discussions, help
each other, share information
Practice – practitioners shared repertoire
Wegner (n.d., p. 1-2)
11. TYPES OF ACTIVITIES
Meaningful Activity
Shared Activity
Coordinative Activity
Akkerman, Petter and de Laat (2008, p. 385)
12. DISTINCTION FROM A COMMUNITY
Goal
Shared practice
Seaman (2008, p. 270)
14. FEATURES OF COP
Leadership comes from within the communities
It is about developing and sharing knowledge
External organizations may legitimize participation
in the community
Originated from business group practices
Develop informally and are emergent
15. FEATURES OF COP CONTINUED
Members can be either core or peripheral
Work collaboratively
Informally bound by what members do as well as
what they know
Assumption that all knowledge is constructed
narratively
Primary unit of analysis is the community
Learning is a social process
Follows specific stages of development
Seaman (2008, pp. 273-277 )
16. APPLICATION OF COP
Organization
Government
Education
Associations
Social sector
International development
The web
Wenger (n.d., pp. 4-6)
17. OTHER TERMS FOR COP
Learning Networks
Thematic Groups
Tech Clubs
Wenger (n.d., p. 3)
18. IMPLICATIONS
Common desire to improve
They are formed for improvement
There may be anonymity which strengthens the
community
Improve the community as a whole (depending on
the foci)
Seaman (2008, pp. 277-278)
19. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR LEARNERS?
Peer to Peer Learning
Professional Development
Horizontal Communities
New Learning Partnerships
Rise of Social Media
Wenger (2010, p. 7)
20. CONCLUSION
Learning
Contexts of Learning
Community of Practice
Implications of Community of Practice
What it means for Learners
22. REFERENCES
Akkerman, S., Petter, C., & de Laat, M. (2008). Organising Communities-of-Practice: Facilitating Emergence. Journal of Workplace Learning 20. 6, 383-
399.
de Figueiredo, A. (2005). Learning Contexts: a Blueprint for Research. Interactive Educational Multimedia.
Merriam, S., Caffarella, R., Baumgartner, L. (2007). Learning in Adulthood (3rd ed.) San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
Ollis, T. (2011) Learning in Social Action: The Informal and Social Learning Dimensions of Circumstantial and Lifelong Activists, Australian
Journal of Adult Learning 51, No. 2, 248-268.
Seaman, M. (2008). Birds of a Feather?: Communities of Practice and Knowledge Communities, Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue. 10, No. 1-2, 269-
279,306.
Wenger, E. (n.d.). Communities of Practice: A Brief Introduction: Retrieved on May 25, 2014 from: http:wenger-trayner.com/theory
Wenger, E. (2010) Communities of Practice and Social Learning Systems: The Career of a Concept. In Blackmore, C. (Editor) Social Learning Systems
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