ERIC Number: EJ851576
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Mar
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1556-1607
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A Community of Practice among Tutors Enabling Student Participation in a Seminar Preparation
Nett, Bernhard
International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, v3 n1 p53-67 Mar 2008
Educators who are prepared to make use of CSCL can find themselves restricted in their space for maneuvering regarding educational innovation. As a supportive context can be very important for them, the study presented here describes and analyzes a related case of a Community of Practice (CoP) among tutors contributing to the development and conduction of an educational in situ experiment. The paper describes the emergence of the CoP, its dissolving impact on limiting context factors and the empowerment of student participation in a MOO-mediated preparation of a Computer and Law seminar. It shows that a CoP among tutors can be beneficial for educational innovation and is a promising model to support the implementation of CSCL.
Descriptors: Seminars, Student Participation, Educational Innovation, College Faculty, College Students, Teacher Student Relationship, Communities of Practice, Educational Technology, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer System Design, Computer Software, Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Design, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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