Just preparing a new blog entry on the local dimension of communities of practice. Thanks to Norman for sharing his invaluable expertise with us.

Prof. Norman Longworth in this blog entry presents three case studies of communities of practice, all of which have developed from local and regional initiatives on lifelong learning around the world. In his understanding a community of practice is a group of people which learns how to improve its knowledge, its behaviour and its influence as a result of interaction between each other and with other groups. The case studies make evident that successful communities of practice promote 5 basic ideas: a strong belief that the actions taken will be of benefit to all communities, the participation of many people in their development, clever leadership that persuades rather than directs, a common sense of purpose with a community ethic and a willingness to learn from experience and to keep on learning.

Stay tuned ...

Michael Excellent - and as you know i have been approaching other to contribute. Soon we will have inputs from Peter Kearns and Leone Wheeler in Australia, Jean Preece from Wales and Denis Barret from Ireland. I have yet to hear back from Ron Faris in Canada. I produced two sets of guidelines for each of two groups of 3 people and it is will be interesting to see how they respond. Once we see their contributions I will work on extending the invitation to contribute more widely. 9 years ago
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Randolph Dear Mike, this sounds fantastic! Thanks a million for your support and linking all these great poeple with our community. 9 years ago
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