Community of Practice

Consider the concept of a “community of practice.” How can such a community offer opportunities for learning?

A “community of practice” can offer opportunities for learning because it gives a group of people a chance to “converse about a shared task in order to get better at it.” This concept gives a group of people who all have common goals the ability to interact with one another in order to achieve these goals. While taking part in an activity together, people can create and share their identities and knowledge by contributing to the practices of their community. A community of practice is especially helpful in organizational settings when employees and management are trying to motivate innovation, trade ideas, and share previous knowledge and experiences in order to achieve organizational objectives.