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Publication Date: 2024-Sep
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Building a Community of Practice: Insights from Vicarious Learning and Crowdsourcing
Sarah Woodside; Jennifer L. Eury; Phylicia G. Taylor; Brittany C. Buis; Kathy Lund Dean; Charles J. Fornaciari; John B. Stark; E. James Flynn
Management Teaching Review, v9 n3 p279-288 2024
A community of practice (COP) can offer learning and support as a group of people who come together to share concerns, best practices, or new knowledge about some shared interest or passion. However, creating or joining a COP may present challenges, especially for those whose networks are relatively undeveloped. In this article, we define a COP and share how vicarious learning and crowdsourcing, as pragmatic, relational, and information-gathering processes, offer important benefits to teaching and learning COPs. After discussing how vicarious learning and crowdsourcing can be extended within a COP, we offer specific theory-to-practice learning ideas and suggestions. We end the article with brief insights for other management educators about our own COP experiences.
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Observational Learning, Shared Resources and Services
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