Commentary by Terry Anderson on Littlejohn, A. (2003) Reusing Online Resources, Chapter 19: Reuse of Resources within Communities of Practice, by Rachel Harris and Carol Higgison
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commentary, book chapter, learning objects, pedagogical methodology, information literacy, power, scholarship, wisdom, personal development, Technological Change, issues, obstacles, learning interactions, scalability, sharing, reuse, learning resources, learning object economy,Abstract
div class="abstract_container">Abstract: The Online Tutoring Skills (OtiS) e-workshop described in this chapter makes a significant contribution to knowledge of how to effectively design and manage virtual conferences or e-workshops. In addition they provide a useful discussion and exemplar of means by which the content of these forums can be re-used and repackaged for wider and continuing use. The first contribution of the paper is a description of an innovative process for soliciting and evaluating content from within the community of practice.
This excellent paper ends with a discussion of a series of issues that arose during the e-conference and that could be described as a first look at best practice guide for e-workshop designers. I liked the article and I appreciate the serious conceptual and physical work put into organizing and documenting for re-use this professional development initiative.
Editors: Allison Littlejohn and Simon Buckingham Shum.
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