Global Educators’ Network as an Online Community of Practice

                      Global Educators’ Network as an Online Community of Practice
Online Communities of Practice (OCoPs) are often viewed as a voluntary association of online professionals or interest groups who come together intentionally for mutual collaboration and collective value of a final result of resolving common problems, implicitly or explicitly.  Jean Lave and Etienne Wegner, who conducted a detailed research of communities of practice, thought that communities of practice are everywhere – school, work, home, leisure. People usually are involved in the process of collective learning sharing information with one another forming conclusions which often create the basis for future progress in a field of the research the community of practice is conducting (Smith, 2009). Although it is relatively easy to start an online community, at least regarding technology, building and sustaining that community is a real challenge, especially when it comes to online education that spreads all over the world everyday single day. The Global Educators’ Network (GEN) OCoP described below is a real-world practice of informal online learning that started as a passion for advancement and regular interaction.

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