B communities of practice reference material final
1. Peer Learning throuh Communities of Practice
OCASI Professional Development Conference May 2010
Presenter: Brenda Doner, brendadoner@rogers.com
WHERE TO LEARN MORE
Tamarack
www.tamarackcommunities.ca - Main page. Click âeventsâ to register for tele-
learning or to learn how to join a Community of Practice
www.vibrantcommunities.ca - direct link to Vibrant Communitiesâ section of
the site above
http://tamarackcommunity.ca/g2_CofP.html - Describes Tamarackâs
Communities of Practice
http://tamarackcommunity.ca/g3s61_CC4I9.html - âCollaborative
Communities of Practice with Etienne Wengerâ - An online seminar (webpage,
audio file, resources) summarizing an interview with Wenger.
Communities of Practice
www.ewenger.com - Etienne Wengerâs home page: contains a list of his
publications and his current research projects and an introduction to CoPs
http://technologyforcommunities.com/ - Project blog for a recently published
book by Etienne Wenger, Nancy White, and John D. Smith, Digital Habitats:
stewarding technology for communities (Portland, OR: CPsquare, 2009)
www.cpsquare.org - An online community of practice about communities of
practice. Includes a wiki, research and resources and an online course.
www.delicious.com - Social bookmarking site. Searching âeveryoneâs
bookmarksâ by âcommunities_of_practiceâ gives 4,000 results. The top results
will be pages tagged by hundreds of people as useful for the topic.
Brenda Doner, Voluntary Sector Consulting, Guelph, Ontario Tel: 519-821-7588
Email: brendadoner@rogers.com