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| Title: | Creating the eXtension Family Caregiving Community of Practice |
| Authors: | Sellers, Debra M.
Crocker, Andrew B.
Nichols, Allison
Kirby, Sarah D.
Brintnall-Peterson, Mary |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Type: | Article (publisher version) |
| Journal: | Journal of Extension |
| Volume: | 47 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Starting Page: | 1 |
| Ending Page: | 11 |
| Permissions: | Copyright © by Extension Journal, Inc. |
| Keywords: | eXtension
Collaboration
Community of practice
Family caregiving
Online learning |
| Abstract: | The Family Caregiving Community of Practice, part of eXtension, provides a national one-stop site for Extension's caregiving educational resources. The developmental process of this community's creation is discussed within the "expansive learning" framework. Negatively, community members found too much emphasis on process and a lack of criteria for academic credit. Positively, they experienced increased knowledge, improved networking, and innovation. Recommendations for others creating communities are to: 1) promote the benefits of networking; 2) seek out others with similar passions; 3) provide graduated opportunities for learning; 4) help members transition from an individual perspective; and 5) provide systems for academic recognition. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/2231 |
| Publisher URL: | http://www.joe.org/joe/2009october/a1.php |
| Appears in Collections: | Family Studies and Human Services
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