Tag: community of practice

Using social media to build learning communities

Aug 28, 2023

in Conference, Social media

AMEE, AMEE23, community of practice, cop, learning community, social graph, social media, social network

I was in a session earlier where one participant asked about the inevitable disintegration of social media platforms, and how the #AcademicTwitter / #MedEd social media communities might respond. I thought it was a good question, although I was skeptical about much of the conversation that followed. The consensus seemed to be that social media…
Making websites feel more welcoming

May 5, 2021

in Education, Scholarship, Teaching

communication technology, community, community of inquiry, community of practice, in beta, website

My take is that the web could feel warmer and more lively than it is. Visiting a webpage could feel a little more like visiting a park and watching the world go by. Visiting my homepage could feel just a tiny bit like stopping by my home. Webb, M. (2020). Social attention: a modest prototype…
SAAHE conference, 2011 – day 3

Jul 2, 2011

in Assessment, Conference, Education, Learning, Research, Students, Teaching

adult learning theories, assessment, community of practice, cop, david taylor, jack boulet, learning theories, phelophepa, reflection, simulated patients, simulation, standardised patients, train of hope, wenger

Today was the last day of the SAAHE conference. Coming as it did immediately after a week of the SAFRI programme, I can’t say I’m not glad it’s over. It’s been an amazing experience though, mostly as a result of the wonderful health educators I’ve been fortunate enough to meet. Here are the last of…
Facilitating Communities of Practice in the Network Era

May 19, 2010

in Learning, Social media

Amy Jo Kim, Barry Wellman, community, community of practice, cop, etienne wenger, game mechanics, gaming in physiotherapy, george siemens, granovetter, howard rheingold, john david smith, legitimate peripheral participation, Lilia Efimova, lpp, manuel castells, nancy white, online communities, online community, Online companion, online groups, online interfaces, online social networks, pdf, physiotherapy, referral systems, slideshare, Sociological Theory, strength of weak ties, virtual community

Two days ago I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to attend a workshop at UCT facilitated by Nancy White (1), who co-wrote Digital habitats: stewarding technology for communities (2) with Etienne Wenger and John David Smith. Presentation slides from the workshop can be downloaded / viewed here. Unfortunately, I could only stay for…
HESS conference: a summary of my thoughts

Dec 19, 2008

in Conference, Education

Angela Brew, community of practice, e-learning, evidence based practice, HESS, higher education, martin oliver, research, scholarship of teaching and learning, summary, technology, technology changing

OK, so I’ve been back for a few weeks now and have had a little bit of time to gather my thoughts regarding the HESS conference, and thought I’d make a note of some of the highlights from my limited perspective. If anyone from the conference feels that I’m way off the mark, feel free…

Tag: community of practice

Using social media to build learning communities

Making websites feel more welcoming

SAAHE conference, 2011 – day 3

Facilitating Communities of Practice in the Network Era

HESS conference: a summary of my thoughts