Learning Alliances

Talks, papers, and events

Talks and papers that reflect current and recent work:

• 2006
  • “Building Web Communities” panel discussion presented by DevGroup NorthWest and Internet Professionals Northwest on Wednesday, 21 June, 2006
  • Patricia Arnold, John D. Smith, and Beverly Trayner (2006), "Narrative: designing for Context in Virtual Settings" in Antonio Dias Figueiredo and Ana Paula Afonso (eds) Managing learning in virtual settings: the role of context (Hershey, Pa.: Information Science Publishing), pp. 197-218.
• 2005
  • John D. Smith and Beverly Trayner (2005) "Weaving Together Online and Face-To-Face Learning: A Design From A Communities Of Practice Perspective," AACE E-Learn 2005 Conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Available here.
  • Microsoft Social Computing Symposium 2005 position statement
• 2004
  • Ellen L. Wild, Patricia A. Richmond, Louis de Merode, and John D. Smith, "All Kids Count Connections: A Community of Practice on Integrating Child Health Information Systems", in J Public Health Management Practice, 2004, November(supl), S61-S65.
  • John D. Smith, Communities of Practice and Online Learning in Ann Kovalchick and Kara Dawson (Eds.), Education and Technology: An Encyclopedia (Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2004), p. 134, Vol I.
  • "Building Sustainable Communities of Practice" (book chapter with Bronwyn Stuckey) in Paul Hildreth and Chris Kimble (Eds.) Knowledge Networks: Innovation through Communities of Practice (in press).
  • Bronwyn Stuckey and John Smith, Sustaining Communities of Prctice (IADIS Conference, Lisbon http://www.iadis.org/confman_wbc2004/accepted.asp Submission code: 168
    (This paper reports on the activities and practices of seven leaders whose efforts to sustain their successful communities of practice have lessons for practitioners and researchers. These leaders kept their communities connected, helped them collaborate and working online to develop an area of expertise over sustained periods of time. The seven leaders attended both to assuring continuity and stability at the same time as they supported the evolution and transformation of their communities. The themes that these successful leaders focused on were: being together inside their communities, maintaining boundaries around their communities, and drawing nourishment from their communities’ environments as they responded to environmental challenges.)
• 2003
  • Nachotta MuckAbout (Online October 13 through 24; Face-to-Face October 26 through 29; Online November 3 through 14)
  • Workshop on Community Phase Change (September 2003, Amsterdam C&T Conference) Produced a final report two years later.
  • Patricia Arnold and John D. Smith, "Adding Connectivity and Losing Context with ICT: Contrasting Learning Situations from a Community of Practice Perspective" in Marleen Huysman, Etienne Wenger and Volker Wulf (Eds.), Communities and Technologies; Proceedings of the First International Conference on Communities and Technologies; C&T 2003 (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003) ISBN 1-4020-1611-5
    
  • Guest speaker in an Argentine workshop on communities of practice.
• 2002
  • Web Crossing demo (October 2002, Montreal E-Learn Conference with Bronwyn Stuckey)
  • Development of feedback processes (October 2002, Montreal E-Learn Conference with Marc Coenders)
  • Communities of Practice: an OD opportunity and challenge (February 2002, Oregon ODN)
• 2001
  • Implementing Virtual and Co-located Communities of Practice (February 2001, San Francisco, Braintrust Conference)
  • Secrets & Lies about Online Communities of Practice (May 2001, IIR Communities of Practice, Boston, Massachussetts)
• 1999
  • Workshop on Visualizing Community (October 1999, Coconut Grove, Florida)