Edutopia was one of the many organizations, companies, and communities participating in the fourth annual Connected Educator Month (CEM), a celebration of
online communities of practice originally developed by the U.S. Department of Education with partners.
As noted in the report,
online communities of practice comprise three core elements: 1) a domain, or shared idea of interest to which members are committed; 2) a community, where members engage in joint activities and discussions; and 3) a practice, where members develop a repertoire of resources that define the practice of their profession.
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Online communities of practice provide educators with a constant, ever - evolving communications forum on a common set of core issues and challenges facing schools and school districts across the country,» said Dan HonorĂ©, chair of CoSN's Emerging Technologies Committee.
About Site - CanadiEM aims to improve emergency care in Canada by building
an online community of practice for healthcare practitioners and providing them with high quality, freely available educational resources.
The School Turnaround Learning Community (STLC) is
an online community of practice for state, division and school leaders implementing school turnarounds.
Many preservice teachers could benefit from access to such
an online community of practice (Wesely, 2013), given the isolation and challenges that novice teachers often experience during their entry into the profession.
«While these communities may be new to some education professionals, there are a number of well - established K - 12
online communities of practice.
She advocates working in
an online community of practice.
Aligned to principles of adult learning, the program combines informal and formal learning experiences, just - in - time instructional support, and
online communities of practice to meet the needs of teachers and administrators.
Engage adult learners through technology - mediated professional learning and
online communities of practice; and
An online community of practice.
Led by Courthouse Libraries BC, we will create online PLEI best practices guides, developed from the exchanges in
the online community of practice space, the webinar broadcasts and the hands - on web labs.