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Digital habitats Stewarding technology for communities Etienne Wenger CPsquare Press |
This practical book explores the increasing interweaving of communities and technology. It presents a framework for anchoring a technology configuration in the learning needs of a community. It introduces the role of technology stewards who can bridge between the life of a community and the constantly evolving potential of technology. |
 
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Cultivating communities of practice A guide to managing knowledge Etienne Wenger Harvard Business School Press |
This practical book is targeted to leaders in organization who want to cultivate communities of practice as a way to manage knowledge. It explains why communities of practice are a key to managing knowledge. And it provides practical advice on the art of cultivating communities and on creating an organizational context to support communities. |
 
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Communities of practice Learning, meaning, and identity Etienne Wenger
Cambridge University Press |
This conceptual book lays out a social theory of learning centered on the concept of communities of practice. Based an ethnographic study, it presents a broad framework for thinking about learning and knowing in social terms, exploring such concepts as meaning, boundaries, trajectories, generations, identity, identification, power, and many others. |
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Situated learning Legitimate peripheral participation Jean Lave
Cambridge University Press |
In this short conceptual book, anthropologist Jean Lave and I first introduced the concept of community of practice. Starting with an analysis five case studies of traditional apprenticeship systems, we observed how in each case a whole community served as a living curriculum for the newcomer. We called these communities “communities of practice.” |
 
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Artificial intelligence and tutoring systems Computational and cognitive approaches to the communication of knowledge Etienne Wenger Morgan Kaufmann Press (out of print) |
This was my first book. It almost feels like something from another lifetime. I wrote it in preparation for my dissertation, because I could not find a thorough reference for the field of intelligent tutoring systems. These are artificial-intelligence systems designed for educational purposes. When it came out, it was the first book to survey the field of intelligent tutoring systems in a systematic way. |
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