Hi Phil Seems to me that there is an opportunity provide support to community mobilizers by offering the training and providing a "community of practice" - a group of people with similar interests or activities who connect to share ideas, ask questions and provide moral support.
Which brings us to non-formal learning. So what is a community of practice, you ask? Last fall there was an open online course, Facilitating online communities (FOC08) http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities One of the readings included Communities of Practice: Learning as a Social System by Etienne Wenger 1998 http://www.co-i-l.com/coil/knowledge-garden/cop/lss.shtml All the "artifacts" from the course are still available and Leigh Blackall - developer and facilitator, is still around. WE User page : http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leighblackall Blog : http://facilitatingonlinecommunities.blogspot.com/ Is there a way for community mobilizers - people have used the Community Empowerment training, to connect with others? Do they share ideas? Ask questions? Is there non-formal learning going on among them? ..Valerie --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
