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Download full textWulfsohn, Samantha; Gaubert, Jennifer Miller – MDRC, 2019
Program managers frequently put staff training near the top of their lists of ongoing challenges. The mix of diverse, complex training needs in many programs means managers may be responsible for orienting new staff, implementing new administrative procedures, or facilitating steps toward long-term program improvement. The greatest underlying…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Needs, Program Improvement, Barriers
Direct linkLand, Susan M.; Draper, Darryl C.; Ma, Ziyan; Hsieh, Hsiu-Wei; Smith, Brian K.; Jordan, Robert – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2009
Current approaches to workplace learning emphasize designing communities of practice that are intended to support both formal and informal knowledge acquisition. This article presents the design and research of a knowledge-based community of practice for Subaru, based on principles outlined by Scardamalia (2002) and Zhang, Scardamalia, Lamon,…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Internet, Computer Uses in Education, Integrated Learning Systems
Peer reviewedJakubik, Maria – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: How people learn and create knowledge together through interactions in communities of practice (CoPs) is not fully understood. The purpose of this paper is to create and apply a model that could increase participants' consciousness about knowledge creation processes. Design/methodology/approach: This four-month qualitative research was…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Action Research, Social Environment, Communities of Practice
Jeffrey, Lynn; Hegarty, Bronwyn; Kelly, Oriel; Penman, Merrolee; Coburn, Dawn; McDonald, Jenny – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2011
The development of digital information literacy (DIL) has been slow in comparison to changes in information communication technologies, and this remains an issue for the higher education sector. Competency in such skills is essential to full participation in society and work. In addition, these skills are regarded as underpinning the ability to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Higher Education, Self Efficacy
Harrison, Jennifer – Education 3-13, 2004
Helping those teachers designated as Subject Induction Tutors in secondary schools who support Newly Qualified Teachers to become autonomous, self-reflecting practitioners has been the basis of a participatory action research project based at the University of Leicester. The first part of the paper explores the notion of professional autonomy in…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Action Research, Reflective Teaching, Participatory Research
Rainsford, Carol; Murphy, Eamonn – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2005
Purpose: The focus of this paper is to highlight the issues impacting technology-enhanced learning (TEL) in an industrial setting in Ireland. The paper uses the output from a community of practice (CoP) set up to identify and discuss these issues. Seven companies participated in the CoP. Their experiences represented the full spectrum of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Industry, Discussion Groups
