Communities of Practice for the NDLR

The NDLR supports the sharing, re-use and communal development of teaching resources and practices.

The NDLR provides infrastructure to support subject or discipline based communities in higher education. These communities, called Communities of Practice, have been formed in different academic disciplines across the Universities, Institutes of Technology and their associated colleges.

The NDLR provides assistance for Communities of Practice by:

• Creating and encouraging collaborative links between academics in other institutions, especially in the early stages of Communities of Practice.
• Organising community events for raising awareness of the benefits of the NDLR service.
• Providing training workshops on using the NDLR.
• Assisting with identification of learning resources that might be of use to the various communities.
• Liaising with the communities and the NDLR board
• Providing support, guidance & training in the use of technologies by these Communities

NDLR Communities of Practice

Several Communities of Practice have already been formed in affiliation with the NDLR. Contact your institutional representative for any assistance you may need.

More information on Communities of Practice

eLearning Papers no.5 (2007), elearningeuropa.info - Communities of practice

The notion of Communities of Practice (CoPs) has come a long way since it was coined in the 1990s. The advent of technology has meant that communities can be increasingly distributed and niche communities can be developed as people with distinct interests seek out others across the world to advance their knowledge and understanding of a domain. More details.

Etienne Wenger is an educational theorist and practitioner known for his recent work in the field of communities of practice.