Course Objectives
- Students will critically discuss the theory of communities of practice and its applications; coaching, apprenticeship, and mentoring models; professional CoP in academia; interdisciplinary approaches; and online CoP in higher education.
- They will critique the literature on communities of practice in higher education in relation to their own research interests from multiple perspectives.
- They will analyze dynamics of existing non-academic CoPs
- They will be actively involved in designing and sustaining an academic CoP.
- They will reflect upon their experiences involving designing or sustaining a CoP.