{"id":849,"date":"2019-12-03T18:01:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T02:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/?p=849"},"modified":"2019-12-03T18:02:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T02:02:05","slug":"communities-of-practice-at-the-learning-and-teaching-commons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/2019\/12\/communities-of-practice-at-the-learning-and-teaching-commons\/","title":{"rendered":"Communities of Practice at the Learning and Teaching Commons"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Learning and Teaching Commons will be piloting several communities of practice (CoPs) to support professional learning for faculty and staff. \u00a0The term, Community of Practice was coined by Lave and Wenger (1991) to describe \u201cgroups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly\u201d – an approach to professional learning that affirms Evergreen\u2019s commitment to learning communities. \u00a0Each of our professional journeys are unique – participating in communities of practice presents an opportunity to leverage the diverse knowledge and perspectives of individuals in the service professional growth. Several CoPs emerged to continue learning from the Summer Institutes. \u00a0Look out for updates from these dynamic learning groups!<\/span><\/p>\n