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Communities of Practice the missing link?

Danielle D’Hayer Associate Professor Interpreting Studies London Metropolitan University

Research Resources Technology

Quality Pedagogy

Exciting times for interpreting studies!

Resource hungry Too expensive Too different

Challenging times for Vice Chancellors

Journey in a landscape of practice: How do I find my way? Who am I? say interpreting trainees, graduates and staff…

Confusion? Information overload!!

Social media #1nt #terps? How do I start?

What are Communities of Practice?

• “Community of Practice (CoP)” is a technical term • It comes under the umbrella of the Social Learning theory • It was coined by Social Learning theorist Etienne Wenger and

anthropologist Jean Lave in 1991

“Communities of Practice are groups of people who share a passion for something that they

know how to do and who interact regularly to learn how to do it better”

Etienne Wenger (2013)

3 important characteristics make up a CoP

Domain

Practice

Community

Queenie (Tihmily) Li based on an anonymous drawing for the “In knowledge we trust,” exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre, in

Toronto and based on Max Evans’ research

FOSTERING TRUST

Cultivating CoP Look after “social artists”

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Bibliography

• D’Hayer, D. (2013) ‘Public service interpreter education. A multidimensional approach aiming at building a community of learners and professionals’. John Benjamins Publishing Company. Interpreting in a Changing Landscape. Volume 109.

• Lave, J. and Wenger, E. (1991) Situated learning: legitimate peripheral participation. New York: Cambridge University press.

• Wenger, E., McDermott R., Snyder W. (2002) Cultivating communities of practice. A Guide to Managing Knowledge. Boston: Havard Business School Press.

• Wenger, E. et al. (2014) Learning in Landscapes of Practice: Boundaries, identity, and knowledgeability in practice-based learning. Routledge

• Wenger-Trayner (2015) Social learning - a framework. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvighN3BDmI (Accessed: 03 November 2016).

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Invitation to a conversation… Danielle D’Hayer d.dhayer@londonmet.ac.uk @DDhayer