"Thinking Together" - A Virtual Community of Practice Approach to a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Leadership Program
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Author
Mitchell, Jennie
Pantazi, Lamprini
Hiltz, Dan
Hubbard, Eric
Phelps, Emily
Pantazi, Lamprini
Hiltz, Dan
Hubbard, Eric
Phelps, Emily
Date
2020
Degree
Abstract
In the first Saint Mary of the Woods College Community of
Practice (CoP), five facilitators
worked together to build the
elements for a dynamic
Community of Practice. Originally
this CoP was scheduled as a
hybrid-emersion model (with a
weekend of bonding activities, 8
weeks of online, and an ending
weekend of presentations and
celebrations). Because of
COVID-19, the team of facilitators
built a comparable level of
emersion experience, virtually.
Every detail was considered from
ice-breakers (wheel decide) to
lively and creative orientations, to
guest speakers who used a
poling system (Mentimeter) to
bring a word cloud to life, to a
speaker who challenged the
GCWL leaders to take a journey
of self-discovery. The certificate
program ended with a culminating
project – a virtual poster show
complete with audio, video, and
Zoom breakout rooms to answer
questions about their journey.
In the final webinars, it was clear
that this CoP was “thinking
together,” a process where a CoP
will mutually guide each other in a
collaborative learning process.