My presentation for the Universitas 21 E-learning and Pedagogy Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico on 28-30 November 2006.

1. If They Build It, They Will Come: Creating Opportunities for E-learning Communities of Practice Keith Kirkwood The University of Melbourne Australia Language and Learning Skills Unit http://slideshare.net/sitkasitchensis/if-they-build-it-they-will-come

4. “ Continual beta, engaging users as co-developers, and principles of harnessing collective intelligence.” -- Mazurek (in O'Reilly, 2006b, n.p.)

6. “ A community of practice exists because it produces a shared practice as members engage in a collective process of learning”. --Etienne Wenger (1998, n.p.)

9. E-learning CoPs: Networked self-managing Learning Communities

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