Communities of Practice: Facilitating Social Learning in Higher Education

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
What Is a Community of Practice?....Pages 3-25
Social Learning in Higher Education: A Clash of Cultures?....Pages 27-45
Faculty Learning Communities and Communities of Practice Dreamers, Schemers, and Seamers....Pages 47-72
Using Communities of Practice to Internationalise Higher Education: Practical and Strategic Considerations....Pages 73-97
Delivering Institutional Priorities in Learning and Teaching Through a Social Learning Model: Embedding a High Impact Community of Practice Initiative at the University of Tasmania....Pages 99-120
Creating and Facilitating Communities of Practice in Higher Education: Theory to Practice in a Regional Australian University....Pages 121-150
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Facilitation of Social Learning in Teacher Education: The ‘Dimensions of Social Learning Framework’....Pages 153-174
Communities of Practice in Community-University Engagement: Supporting Co-productive Resilience Research and Practice....Pages 175-198
Promoting a Community of Practice Through Collaborative Curriculum Reform in a University Business School....Pages 199-217
Reflections on the Emergence and Evolution of a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Community of Practice Within a Research-Intensive Higher Education Context....Pages 219-239
Building a Faculty-Centric Virtual Community of Practice (vCoP) Within the Post-secondary Education Environment: A Systems Approach Framework....Pages 241-260
Enhancing the Impact of Research and Knowledge Co-production in Higher Education Through Communities of Practice....Pages 261-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Mediating Role of Leadership in the Development of Communities of Practice....Pages 281-312
Revealing the Nexus Between Distributed Leadership and Communities of Practice....Pages 313-327
The Leadership Link: A Hybrid Professional Learning Network for Learning and Teaching Leaders....Pages 329-346
The Road Less Travelled: A Conversation Between Four Communities of Practice Facilitators About Their Experiences, Learning and Professional Outcomes from the Role....Pages 347-371
Facilitating a Community of Practice in Higher Education: Leadership Rewards and Challenges....Pages 373-380
The Role of Higher Education in Regional Economic Development Through Small Business CoPs....Pages 381-402
Teacher Educators’ Critical Reflection on Becoming and Belonging to a Community of Practice....Pages 403-419
Front Matter....Pages 421-422
Making an Impact: Utilising Faculty Learning Communities to Enhance Teaching and Learning....Pages 423-435
Front Matter....Pages 421-422
“The Faculty/Faculty Conundrum”: Organizing Faculty Learning Communities to Support “Singular” and “Plural” Faculty Development....Pages 437-448
Catalyst: Developing a Community of Practice for Supporting New Academics....Pages 449-469
Where’s My Parking Permit? Bringing New Staff Together as a Learning Community....Pages 471-504
CoPs: Enhancing Quality Learning and Teaching with Sessional Staff....Pages 505-523
Communities of Practice and Negotiation of Meaning Among Pre-service Teachers....Pages 525-543
Forums, Fellowship and Wicked Problems in Teaching....Pages 545-565
From Project to Permanence: Growing Inter-institutional Collaborative Teams into Long-Term, Sustainable Communities of Practice....Pages 567-598
From Dream to Reality: Sustaining a Higher Education Community of Practice Beyond Initial Enthusiasm....Pages 599-622