Communities of Practice
Dave Snowden,
Cognitive Edge,
Nov 03, 2006
I am very much in agreement with this post. Dave Snowden writes, "communities can evolve, but cannot be designed top down... you can not replicate the end point of an evolutionary process." He points to two disastrous approaches: "Creating an organisational template for communities of practice, with a full roll out plan, dedicated staff etc. etc. [and] Taking a paternalistic (or maternalistic approach) in which people are held to be children or kids needing help or assistance." Oh, how often I try to resist these two tendencies on the part of educators! Via elearningpost.
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