Open AccessAn Overview of Virtual Communities of Faculty Practice
Author(s) -
Narjis Hyder,
Amy Adcock,
David Brown
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of educational research and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2167-8693
DOI - 10.5590/jerap.2020.10.1.27
Subject(s) - collegiality , community of practice , scholarship , context (archaeology) , sociology , curriculum , virtual community , pedagogy , engineering ethics , knowledge management , engineering , political science , the internet , computer science , world wide web , paleontology , law , biology
Virtual communities of faculty practice (CoP) provide support for and supplement the demanding doctoral curriculum with the purpose of assisting doctoral students through a holistic support system. This virtual community provides a positive private environment where faculty engage, share, and discuss current research questions or issues to encourage scholarship and collegiality. This scholarly essay presents an overview of faculty virtual CoPs in the context of mentoring online doctoral students. Attention is given to the definition of communities of practice, Wenger’s communities of practice model, producing and sustaining communities of practice, and incorporation of virtual CoPs at the doctoral level.