Commentary by Terry Anderson on Littlejohn, A. (2003) Reusing Online Resources, Chapter 19: Reuse of Resources within Communities of Practice, by Rachel Harris and Carol Higgison

Abstract

div class="abstract_container"> Abstract: The Online Tutoring Skills (OtiS) e-workshop described in this chapter makes a significant contribution to knowledge of how to effectively design and manage virtual conferences or e-workshops. In addition they provide a useful discussion and exemplar of means by which the content of these forums can be re-used and repackaged for wider and continuing use. The first contribution of the paper is a description of an innovative process for soliciting and evaluating content from within the community of practice. This excellent paper ends with a discussion of a series of issues that arose during the e-conference and that could be described as a first look at best practice guide for e-workshop designers. I liked the article and I appreciate the serious conceptual and physical work put into organizing and documenting for re-use this professional development initiative. Editors: Allison Littlejohn and Simon Buckingham Shum.

Keywords

• commentary
• book chapter
• learning objects
• pedagogical methodology
• information literacy
• power
• scholarship
• wisdom
• personal development
• Technological Change
• issues
• obstacles
• learning interactions
• scalability
• sharing
• reuse
• learning resources
• learning object economy