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- 1. Etienne WengerLearning for a small planet P.O. Box 810 North San Juan, CA 95960, U.S.A. Phone (530) 292-9222 E-mail etienne@ewenger.com Website: www.ewenger.comCommunities of practicea social discipline of learning......................................
- 2. A social discipline of learningKey dimensionsSponsorshipMeaningDomainIdentityNurturingParticipationLearningtogetherCommunityPracticeBoundariesCompetence/powerSupport
- 3. A social discipline of learningKey processesReflect andself-designMeaningIdentityDomainPush practiceforwardBring practice inLearningtogetherCommunityPracticeBoundariesCompetence/powerCreate self-representationIn collaboration with Beverly Trayner
- 4. Learning activitiesExchangesProductive inquiriesBuilding shared understandingProducing assetsCreating standardsFormal access to knowledgeVisitsOutsidesourcesPointers to resourcesNewsInformalInformation1Hot topicdiscussionsStoriesBroadcast inquiryTips3DebatesExploringideasReadinggroupDocument sharing2JointeventsCase clinicsDocumentingpracticeEachotherWithGuestsFromProject andafter-actionreviewsJointresponseCollectionsVisits74Field tripsProblem solvingLearningprojectsFormalpracticetransferBoundarycollaborationPractice fairs6Mutual benchmarkHelpdesk5Models of practiceTrainingand workshopsWarranting FormalExternal benchmarkInvitedspeakerSystematicscan
- 5. Community profilesas patterns of togetherness Orientations … meetings … projects… open-ended conversation… access to expertise… content publishingCommunity activities oriented to …… individual participation… relationships … context… community cultivationIn collaboration with Nancy White and John Smith© 2006 Wenger, White, and Smith
- 6. Forms of participationa common picturetransactionaloutsiderslurkersperipheraloccasionalexpertsalumniactive beginnerscore groupleaderscoordinatorsponsors
- 7. An ecology of leadershipcommunity nurturing rolesCoordinator
- 9. Cybrarian
- 13. Networker/weaver
- 14. Broker
- 15. Outpost/scout
- 17. Assistant
- 20. A learning partnershipLifecycle and evolutionIt involves responsibilitiesIt becomes an entity in its own rightprivate and publicIt is voluntarycommunalidentitylong-termviabilityIt is funrecognizedstewardshipMaturingSustainingCoalescingIt takes initiativeTransformingIt evolvesongoinglegacyPotentialcommongroundIt depends on renewed passionIt takes hard work and careful nurturingA community is a living entity … not unlike a couple