TY - JOUR
T1 - Third places
T2 - cultivating mobile communities of practice in the global south
AU - Gachago, Daniela
AU - Cruz, Laura
AU - Belford, Cheryl
AU - Livingston, Candice
AU - Morkel, Jolanda
AU - Patnaik, Sweta
AU - Swartz, Bronwyn
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Research on communities of practice suggests that such groups can be used to support academic staff development, especially during times of crisis. We explore how a group of South African women academics and ‘eLearning champions’ engaged in a mobile community of practice under COVID-19 conditions. Our analysis of WhatsApp chat histories and focus group conversations reflects how the group evolved from a mobile CoP into a multi-modal third place, with implications for community-building, teaching transformation, and organisational change.
AB - Research on communities of practice suggests that such groups can be used to support academic staff development, especially during times of crisis. We explore how a group of South African women academics and ‘eLearning champions’ engaged in a mobile community of practice under COVID-19 conditions. Our analysis of WhatsApp chat histories and focus group conversations reflects how the group evolved from a mobile CoP into a multi-modal third place, with implications for community-building, teaching transformation, and organisational change.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85111627910
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85111627910#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1080/1360144X.2021.1955363
DO - 10.1080/1360144X.2021.1955363
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85111627910
SN - 1360-144X
VL - 26
SP - 335
EP - 346
JO - International Journal for Academic Development
JF - International Journal for Academic Development
IS - 3
ER -