Acknowledgment.; Introduction and Overview, Paul Hildreth and Chris Kimble.; Networking Knowledge to Achieve Transformation in Schools, Brian Caldwell.; Educational Research as a Community of Practice, Ralf St.Clair.; The Reflective Mentor Model: Growing Communities of Practice for Teacher Development in Informal Learning Environments, Robbin Chapman.; The Identification and Cultivation of Appropriate Communities of Practice in Higher Education, Jonathan H. Klein and Con Connell.; Communities of Practice and Part-Time Lecturers: Opportunities and Challenges in Higher Education, Valerie Anderson.; Teaching with Technology: A Multifaceted Staff Development Strategy, Tony Carr, Andrew Deacon, Glenda Cox, and Andrew Morrison.; Improving Practice in Australia's Vocational Education and Training Sector Through Communities of Practice, John Mitchell, Suzy McKenna, and Susan Young.; Becoming One of Them: The Experience of Institution-Based Educators Providing Training in Companies in Australia, Roger Harris and Michele Simons.; Reaching Beyond the ""Boundaries"": Communities of Practice and Boundaries in Tertiary Education, Gerlinde Koeglreiter, Ross Smith, and Luba Torlina.; Space, Resistance, and Identities: University-Based Teacher Educators Developing a Community of Practice, Margaret Herrington, Alex Kendall, Julie Hughes, Cathie Lacey, Rob Smith, Vanessa Dye, Rachel Baig, and Matt O'Leary.; Workplace Learning in a Community of Practice: How do Schoolteachers Learn? Saida Habhab.; Adopting Communities of Practice as a Framework for Teacher Development, Rana Yildirim.; Launching a Cross-Organizational CoP for School Leaders: Overcoming Barriers to Engagement and Meeting Diverse Needs, Naava Frank and Abbey Keith.; Bridging Two Worlds: Identity Transition in a University-Consulting Community of Practice, Gazi Islam.; Adult Learning in Communities of Practice: Situating Theory in Practice, Catherine Hansman.; Utilizing CoPs - Concepts in Adult Education Doctoral Study, Jeanne E. Bitterman.; Teaching and Learning About Communities of Practice in Higher Education, Petra Cremers and Rianne Valkenburg.; The Knowledge-Creating School Proudly Presents...:A School Community Sharing Its Story, Bregje de Vries and Jules Pieters.; Facilitating Lifelong Participation in the Community of Practice of Sport, Toni O'Donovan and David Kirk.; Innovative Projects in French Secondary State Schools: A Comparative Analysis of Two Communities of Practice, Jean-Francois Marcel.; Creating an Educational Ecosystem for Design, Personal Fabrication, and Invention, Amon Daran Millner and Shaundra Bryant Daily.; About the Authors. Acknowledgments.; Introduction and Overview, Chris Kimble and Paul Hildreth.; Designing for Growth: Enabling Communities of Practice to Develop and Extend Their Work Online, Melissa Koch and Judith Fusco.; Holding the Virtual Space: The Roles and Responsibilities of Community Stewardship, Brenda Kaulback and Debbie Bergtholdt.; Education Leadership for a Networked World, Diana D. Woolis, Susan Restler, and Yvonne Thayer: Virtual Problem-Based Learning Communities of Practice for Teachers and Academic Developers: An Irish Higher Education Perspective, Roisin Donnelly.; Exploring the Potential of Online Communities of Practice for Distance Tutors, Janet Macdonald and Anne Hewling.; Supporting a Dispersed Community: CoP Development in The Caribbean, Sabine Little.; Virtual Communities of Practice: A Vehicle for Meaningful Professional Development, Kathy Hibbert.; Distributing Teaching Presence: Engaging Teachers of English to Young Learners in an International Virtual Community of Inquiry, Joan Kang Shin and Beverly Bickel.; Communites of Practice Across Learning Institutions, Therese Laferriere and Fernand Gervais.; Teacher-Librarian Communities: Changing Practices in Changing Schools, Eric M. Meyers, Lisa P. Nathan, and Matthew L. Saxton.; Communities of Practice at the Math Forum: Supporting Teachers as Professionals, Wesley Shumar and Johann Sarmiento.; Heads Together: A Professional Online Community of Practice for Scottish Headteachers, Kevin Thompson and Michael Hartley.; Graduate Professional Education from a Community of Practice Perspective: The Role of Social and Technical Networking, Linda Polin.; Learning Communities Are Not Mushrooms - or - How to Cultivate Learning Communities in Higher Education, Melanie Bos-Ciussi, Marc Augier, and Gillian Rosner.; Enabling Duality in Teaching and Learning Environmental Decision Making: A Role for Communities of Practice? Chris Blackmore.; The Adult Literacy Education Wiki as a Virtual Community of Practice, Erik Jacobson.; Implications of a Virtual Learning Community Model for Designing Distributed Communities of Practice in Higher Education, Richard Schwier and Ben Daniel.; Online CoPs: Towards the Next Generation, Leonie Ramondt.; Gender and Moderation: The Style's The Thing! Valentina Dodge and Sheila Vine.; About the Authors.
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