Jacquie McDonald, Aileen Cater-Steel, "Implementing Communities of Practice in Higher Education: Dreamers and Schemers"
English | 2016 | pages: 674 | ISBN: 9811028656 | PDF | 7,4 mb
In this edited collection, the authors pick up the communities of practice (CoP) approach of sharing practice in their reflection on the experience of taking their CoP vision from a dream to reality. Their stories articulate the vision, the passion and the challenge of working within and/or changing existing institutional culture and practice. The book discusses strategies that worked and considers the lessons learnt to inspire future dreamers and schemers. The multiple perspectives provided in the case studies will assist higher education leaders, as well as academic and professional staff, in establishing or assessing CoPs. The book offers insights into implementation strategies, practical guidelines and ideas on how CoP theoretical underpinnings can be tailored to the higher education context.

Jacquie McDonald, Aileen Cater-Steel, "Communities of Practice: Facilitating Social Learning in Higher Education"
English | 2016 | pages: 644 | ISBN: 981102877X | PDF | 5,8 mb
In this book about communities of practice in the international, higher education sector, the authors articulate the theoretical foundations of communities of practice (CoPs), research into their application in higher education, leadership roles and how CoPs sustain and support professional learning. Research demonstrates that communities of practice build professional and personal links both within and across faculty, student services and administrative and support units. This book describes how community of practice members may be physically co-located and how social media can be used to connect members across geographically diverse locations. It positions higher education communities of practice within the broader community of practice and social learning literature, and articulates the importance of community of practice leadership roles, and the growing focus on the use of social media for community of practice implementation. The multiple perspectives provide higher education leaders, academic and professional staff with the means to establish, or reflect on existing CoPs, by sharing insights and critical reflections on their implementation strategies, practical guidelines and ideas on how community of practice's theoretical underpinnings can be tailored to the higher education context.

Amaresh Chakrabarti, Debkumar Chakrabarti, "Research into Design for Communities, Volume 1: Proceedings of ICoRD 2017"
English | 2017 | pages: 1030 | ISBN: 9811035172 | PDF | 27,8 mb
This book showcases cutting-edge research papers from the 6th International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD 2017) - the largest in India in this area - written by eminent researchers from across the world on design process, technologies, methods and tools, and their impact on innovation, for supporting design for communities. While design traditionally focused on the development of products for the individual, the emerging consensus on working towards a more sustainable world demands greater attention to designing for and with communities, so as to promote their sustenance and harmony - within each community and across communities. The special features of the book are the insights into the product and system innovation process, and the host of methods and tools from all major areas of design research for the enhancement of the innovation process. The main benefit of the book for researchers in various areas of design and innovation are access to the latest quality research in this area, with the largest collection of research from India. For practitioners and educators, it is exposure to an empirically validated suite of theories, models, methods and tools that can be taught and practiced for design-led innovation.The contents of this volume will be of use to researchers and professionals working in the areas on industrial design, manufacturing, consumer goods, and industrial management.

O`REILLY - Infrastructure and Ops Hour With Sam Newman Building Successful Engineering Communities With Emily Webber-iLLiTERATE
English | Size: 930.63 MB
Category: Tutorial

English | 2014 |MP3|M4B | ASIN: B00N30FXWE | Duration: 13:02 h | 355 MB
Rebecca Solnit / Narrated by Emily Beresford

Communities of Care - The Social Ethics of Victorian Fiction
pdf | 5.1 MB | English | Isbn:‎ 0691199639 | Author: Talia Schaffer | Year: 2021

Duration: 51m | .MP4 1280x720, 30 fps(r) | AAC, 48000 Hz, 2ch | 617 MB
Genre: eLearning | Language: English
Ever had the feeling that no one at work had your back, or that you weren't sure who you should trust? In this course, explore practical strategies that can help you create a workplace where employees never need to feel this way.

English | 2021 | ISBN: 0367224003 | 181 pages | pdf | 3.77 MB
Bringing together accounts of online community engagement from a range of perspectives, this book considers how the changing landscape of doctoral communities might be used to inform institutional level decisions about doctoral provision and support.

English | 2021 | ISBN: 9783030683566 | 257 pages | PDF, EPUB | 9.36 MB
Explores the nature of social reform, the future of capitalism, and the feasibility of socialist, communitarian economic structures
Argues that social reform movements and organizations were overlapping and interdependent in their membership, challenging narratives that frame social reform causes in the US as independent entities

Lucianne Lavin, "Dutch and Indigenous Communities in Seventeenth-Century Northeastern North America: What Archaeology, History, and Indig"
English | ISBN: 1438483171 | 2021 | 352 pages | PDF | 13 MB
Examines the significant impact of Dutch traders and settlers on the early history of Northeastern North America, and their relationships with its Indigenous peoples.