Scenario 1. Communities and courses

From the same paper (a bit more readable):

One promising direction seems to be to look for an alignment and synergy between communities and courses.

From one side, communities of practice are becoming a part of work processes and culture, so they should find their place in orientation programs for newcomers or courses that aim to cover community expertise area.

From another side, communities’ knowledge and expert networks could be more than just a topic to study; they can help in shaping and delivering formal learning programs.

Community expertise could be used:

• to define target and current competencies in a specific area,
• to suggest priorities for developing courses,
• to provide real-life examples and problems for learners,
• to help with coaching programs or delivering courses,
• to evaluate impact of training and so on.

Archived version of this entry is available at http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2002/07/18.html#a43; comments are here.

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