1. Learning in landscapes of practiceknowledge and knowledgeability Etienne Wenger November 10, 2010, Utrecht

2. What does a flower know … … about being a flower?

3. What does a computer know … … about being a flower?

4. Meaningful learningparticipation and reification meaningfulness participation reification practice

6. interact regularly

7. learn from and with each other improve their ability to do what they care about In gangs… they learn to survive on the streets In organizations… they provide better service to clients

8. Different from training learning as partnership Provider Negotiation of mutual relevance Recipient

9. Professional developmentpractice and practitioners professionaldevelopment developingthe profession developing professionals communities of practice

10. A complex landscape of practicea (social) body of knowledge Teaching Professional body Researchdiscipline 1 Regulatory body Researchdiscipline 2 WorkplaceB WorkplaceA Profession I Profession II Service recipientB Service recipentA

11. Competing views of practicecommunities and boundaries Regulatory body Teaching Researchdiscipline 1 boundaryprojects boundaryobjects Professional body Researchdiscipline 2 broker WorkplaceB WorkplaceA peripheralaccess Profession I Profession II boundary practices Service recipientB Service recipentA

12. Vertical and horizontal accountabilitytwo simutaneous trends Vertical accountability… Hierarchy Institutionalized accountability Evidence-based prescription Codification and regulationStandards of qualification Horizontal accountability…Communities and networks Peer-to-peer learningPersonal meaning Engagement and creativity Individual identity/reputation CoP

13. A complexifying landscape of practicenew entrants and contenders NGO’s Open curriculum Regulatory body Google Teaching Researchdiscipline 1 Informalcommunities boundaryprojects boundaryobjects Professional body Researchdiscipline 2 Professional networks broker WorkplaceB Wikipedia WorkplaceA peripheralaccess Topical websites Profession I Profession II Social networks Twitterers boundary practices Service recipientB Bloggers Service recipentA Client communities

14. Knowledgeability as the modulation of identificationaccountability and expressibility A shift in the burden of identity development

15. Distinct carriers of knowledgeabilitypractice and identity

16. The 21st century will be the century of identity The future of learningfrom knowledge to knowledgeability If you are going to be a driving force in the strategic remaking of the landscape of learning and innovation… … how can your community help address this emerging learning challenge for both teachers and students?

17. Thank you! Etienne Wenger etienne@ewenger.com www.ewenger.com