In classrooms around the world, educators strive to nurture not only students’ academic skills but also the qualities that help them thrive more generally as dynamic people, namely character strengths ...

Communities formed by and for educators play a vital role in shaping and enhancing our educational practices. By bringing together individuals with shared interests and goals, communities can foster ...

David Young is CEO of Participate, based out of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, formerly known as VIF International Education. He is passionate about professional development. In our digital age, social ...

The two of us have a pretty simple goal when facilitating professional learning. Keep things simple, mix research with practice, understand our impact, and ask questions that allow us to learn from ...

In the MoTaverse, we gather with a community focus, to share and learn around all things testing, quality and technology. Sometimes we do this to advance our own personal knowledge; other times, we ...

A Community of Practice (CoP) is a social phenomenon in which individuals, through their membership in a particular community or group, participate in an ongoing social practice of mastering skills ...

There are many different definitions and descriptions of a community of practice (CoP). Wheatley and Frieze use the term to describe a step along the way to becoming a system of influence in the two ...

The community of practice (CoP) is an old idea for solving modern problems. In fact, CoPs are a fantastic tool for change management and the learning that goes with it. In this post and my next one, I ...

Living Learning Communities (LLCs) have long been recognized as a best practice within higher education and academia, to support student learning and to deepen belonging for residential students. LLCs ...

The Learning Sciences & Human Development program emphasis takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying learning, teaching, and development. We examine learning and development as it happens in and ...

The Master of Education in Learning Sciences and Human Development program is not accepting new applications. Miami University’s Masters of Education (M.Ed.) in Learning Sciences and Human Development ...

The Community-Driven Development (CDD) Community of Practice is a dynamic, cross-disciplinary body of CDD practitioners, development partners, and other interested researchers from different countries ...