Communities of Practice and Social Learning Systems

Title: Communities of Practice and Social Learning Systems
Abstract/Description: This essay argues that the success of organizations depends on their ability to design themselves as social learning systems and also to participate in broader learning systems such as an industry, a region, or a consortium. It explores the structure of these social learning systems. It proposes a social definition of learning and distinguishes between three `modes of belonging' by which we participate in social learning systems. Then it uses this framework to look at three constitutive elements of these systems: communities of practice, boundary processes among these communities, and identities as shaped by our participation in these systems.
Author/creator: Wenger, Etienne
Date: 2000
In publication: Organization
Volume: 7
Issue: 2
Pages: 225-246
Resource type: en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form: en Published Text
Scholarship genre: en Theoretical
Language: en
Open access/full-text available: en No
Peer reviewed: en Yes
ISSN: 1350-5084
DOI: 10.1177/135050840072002
URL: Official Publisher's Webpage (SAGE Journals)
Citation: Wenger, E. (2000). Communities of Practice and Social Learning Systems. Organization, 7(2), 225–246. https://doi.org/10.1177/135050840072002
Cited in: Classroom Teaching and Learning as the Focus for Improvement Research

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