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Communities of Practice

In: Handbook on Information Technologies for Education and Training

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  • P. Reimann

    (University of Sydney)

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Although being essentially a descriptive social theory, the communities of practice (CoP) idea has been frequently employed to guide instructional design, in particular the design of online learning communities. The chapter sets out by relating CoP as developed by Lave and Wenger (1991) to socio-cultural theories of learning. I then critically inspect the notion of an online community, noting that most of these so-called communities fall short on the social dimension. The Inquiry Learning Forum is introduced as a typical example for an online community platform (for in-service teachers), and building on this specific instance a set of general design guidelines for online communities of learning are identified. I also sketch possible implications for the role software developers and instructional designers can play when designing for communities of users. The chapter closes by a look at recent management research relating to CoPs and identifies research desiderata.

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  • P. Reimann, 2008. "Communities of Practice," International Handbooks on Information Systems, in: Heimo H. Adelsberger & Kinshuk & Jan M. Pawlowski & Demetrios G. Sampson (ed.), Handbook on Information Technologies for Education and Training, edition 2, chapter 15, pages 277-293, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ihichp:978-3-540-74155-8_15
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74155-8_15
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