Video snippets – social learning
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 …
Cultivating CoPs
Say boo to collaboration and sharing
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 …
Difference between a social learning leader and a teacher?
Betreaters in Canada explore the differences between teachers and social learning leaders
Assessing value creation?
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 …
Key success factors?
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 …
Size of communities?
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 …
Level of participation?
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 …
Duration of communities?
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 …
Time to get going?
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 …
The first three things to do?
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 …
