Structural and Epistemic Parameters in Communities of Practice

This book presents a theory of learning that starts with the assumption that engagement in social practice is the fundamental process by which we get to know what we know and by which we become who we are. The primary unit of analysis of this…

FROM AMAZON: This book analyses situations in which individual agents, who might be different from each other, interact and produce behaviour on the aggregate level which does not correspond to that of the average actor. This leads to aggregate…

This paper describes the emergence of new activist groups in the health sector, spinning off from internet discussion groups. In the first part, it shows how self-help discussion groups can be considered as communities of practice in which, partly…

This chapter is about innovation in Communities of Practice and introduces the term innoversity, which describes the role of d.versity in fostering innovation. The chapter sets out to discuss when and under what circumstances of innovative practice,…

Communities of practice are becoming increasingly common on the organizational landscape. Organizations are simultaneously incorporating communities of practice into internal knowledge management systems and spanning elements from the external…

The article offers a guide to breaking into communities of practice as online learning grows within higher education. Information literacy depends on relationships, specifically the relationship between the reference provider and client. The…

Hospital librarians understand they need to move outside the four walls of the physical library and provide information support for clinicians in various settings. Librarians round with patient care teams as clinical librarians. They sit on quality…

The article discusses the community of practice (COP) tool for military leadership in the U.S. Armed Forces. The goal of COP is to minimize redundant research efforts, improve collaboration and exchange of ideas, and assist the leaders in making…

Argues that the great gains that the library profession has made in promoting information literacy can be consolidated and advanced by librarians taking the opportunity to become insiders within the groups that they wish to instruct. This approach…

Most would agree that a learning community of practice cultivates social and intellectual development in educational settings but what are the other benefits and what does a learning community actually look like in practice? This book explores such…