Community of learning

Definition

Closely related to Wenger's concept of a social learning system which is made up of a network of communities of practice.

Types of learning communities

A learning community may consist of any or all of the following types of communities:

• Community of practice: a group of people that take part in a common activity, :talk and share information about this activity and define themselves in relation to it.
• Community of interest or task-based community: a group of people that come together to address a problem of interest to all. They may or may not be from the same community of practice.
• Knowledge-building community: a group of people that works together to produce a body of knowledge.

References

Riel and Polin

Marick