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Videoconference Mechanics
Articles of interest:
- Hardman, F., & Mroz, M. (1999). Post-16 English teaching: from recitation to discussion. Educational Review, 51(3), 283–293.
- Lee, I.-S. (2000). Factors affecting learners’ discourse participation in computer conferencing. AECT 2000 International Convention. (Long Beach, California, USA, February 16–20, 2000).
In short:
A Community of Learning (CoL) is a community whose purpose is to engage in activities and interactions that create a basis for— and promote— social learning experiences.
From a longer definition:
A learning community is made of people who, in the field of knowledge, of abilities and attitudes, are geared to consult, elaborate, seek linkages, assimilate, transpose, confront with reality, aim at implementation and, in the process, refine gradually their understanding of the world, of their own self and of their capacity for individual and collective action. Such an enterprise whose principal activity is learning, finds its place in the search to meet fundamental human needs, more specifically, in its desire to know, to communicate and to act, but it calls for, in order to grow harmoniously, the presence of the next three conditions: a common vision, a common will and the time element.
In the simplest sense, the Community of Practice (CoP) is one which encompasses a larger group than the Community of Learning, which is typically composed of members of a particular learning instance or program. The CoP is a community with a similar puporse to the CoL, but which extends to practitioners, professionals, hobbyists, enthusiasts, and prosumers.
More subtly is this definition by George Por:
More than a “community of learners,” a community of practice is also a “community that learns.” Not merely peers exchanging ideas around the water cooler, sharing and benefitting from each other’s expertise, but colleagues committed to jointly develop better practices.
