Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators

Editors, Chris Kimble, Paul Hildreth and Isabelle Bourdon
Publisher, Information Age Publishing

As a two volume set:
Hard cover ISBN: 1593118678 , Soft cover ISBN: 159311866X

As separate volumes:
Hard Cover - Vol 1 ISBN: 1593118635 , Vol 2 ISBN: 1593118651
Soft Cover - Vol 1 ISBN: 1593118627 , Vol 2 ISBN: 1593118643

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Author

Ross Smith, RMIT University, Australia

Biography

Dr Ross Smith is a Professor in the School of Business Information Technology, RMIT University, working at the city campus, Melbourne Australia. Since completing his doctoral studies in computational physics at Melbourne University, Australia, in 1977, he has been a member of faculty at the Australian National University, Swinburne University of Technology, Deakin University and RMIT University. Ross has researched and published widely in systems methodologies and requirements engineering. He has a particular interest and background in the application of Action Research (AR) approaches within the Information Systems discipline, most recently in the application of AR to investigate issues surrounding the support of Communities of Practice in knowledge intensive environments.

Chapters

Volume 1, Chapter 9 - Reaching Beyond the 'Boundaries': Communities of Practice and Boundaries in Tertiary Education

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