Editors’ Community of Practice

Bycward

The editors’ team has started bi-weekly professional development seminars. We take turns facilitating the meetings, and we co-create the content to share our expertise and fill-in gaps in our knowledge. We have not chosen a way to reify or apply the new learning, but I’m sure a creative expression of our learning will present itself in time.

I’m currently taking a course that uses social learning theory and communities of practice, so I wanted to share some memorable quotes from Étienne Wenger that may inform our community:

 

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