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Creating Community: One Institution's Experience with Communities of Practice
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Heath, Sally; McDonald, Jeanette – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2012
This article examines the use and benefits of communities of practice (CoPs) in academic settings. In the 2010-2011 academic year Teaching Support Services at Wilfrid Laurier University introduced four theme-based CoPs for faculty and academic support staff after a successful pilot initiative. This article explores our motivation for focusing our…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Feedback (Response), Reflective Teaching, Teacher Attitudes