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Online Learning Community of Practice

Community of Practice. The concept of a community of practice (often abbreviated as CoP) refers to the process of social learning that occurs when people who have a common interest in some subject or problem collaborate over an extended period to share ideas, find solutions, and build innovations.

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Online Learning Community of Practice

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    1. Online Learning Community of Practice Ray Schroeder, USM Visiting Scholar Center for Technology-Enhanced Learning

    2. Community of Practice The concept of a community of practice (often abbreviated as CoP) refers to the process of social learning that occurs when people who have a common interest in some subject or problem collaborate over an extended period to share ideas, find solutions, and build innovations. – wikipedia Etienne Wenger’s overview: http://www.ewenger.com/theory/ Xplanazine – Susan Smith Nash’s overview: http://www.xplanazine.com/2004/09/distributed-communities-of-practice-in-e-learning

    3. Community of Practice for Online Generate from the faculty Agenda to be set by faculty Include such members as: Online faculty Support staff IT staff Librarians Graduate assistants Student representatives Support from CTEL and Administration

    4. Community of Practice for Online What does the CoP do? Examples: Share information, insight, experience Develop best practices Problem solve and anticipate future challenges Encourage, enhance, enable Reward, incentives, (including T & P) Advocate for online programs and students Seek grants, collaborations Host workshops, guest speakers Promote research, publication, collaboration

    5. Community of Practice for Online Possible outcomes: Shared purpose – synergies – collaborations Publications Online Learning Symposia Governance actions to support online learning Support for group attendance at major conferences – Orlando ALN & Madison DE Grants to support expansion of blended and online learning programs Community with shared values

    6. Community of Practice for Online Learning Examples: UIS http://otel.uis.edu/copel/ University of North Texas http://qep.unt.edu/Content/Home/comm.html University of Southern Maine http://www.usm.maine.edu/ctel/cop.htm TLT group http://www.tltgroup.org/about.htm

    7. Community of Practice for Online How you might begin: Self-select (or elect) a steering committee Survey those present and others on program or initiative priorities Schedule some meeting ~monthly Set some goals as a community T & P recognition for innovation in the scholarship of teaching and learning Create a repository for USM research/pubs Begin sharing and developing a set of values that will guide us in delivering quality online

    8. Contact Info Ray Schroeder Director of Technology-Enhanced Learning University of Illinois at Springfield One University Plaza Springfield, IL 62703 (217)206-7531 Schroeder.ray@uis.edu

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