Hi Norm; Nice to join you online for these sessions.
Communities of Practice (Wenger, 1998) was a theory that I used in my graduate work back in 1998, and I’ve maintained an interest in how cohesive communities develop in academic settings online. As an Instructional Designer, building community online is important knowledge for me, so that I can recommend good pedagogical approaches to faculty. So I was happy to come across this whole community (not even sure how that came about!!)
My interest is to get comfortable with the framework so that I can then incorporate it into my workshops and consultations with faculty – very practical use. I was using the 3 presences but did not have the framework to ground them.
Adrienne Sehatzadeh
Dalhousie University
