Life is at base a network. It thrives on connection. We all know this, experientially, because we are alive! And when we are not feeling alive or lively it is often because we are disconnected, cut ...

Founders gathered at the French start-up incubator La Station F, an example of a community of practice. When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969, he carried a flag from the Explorers Club in ...

Much ink has been spilled over the importance of lifelong learning. An Albert Einstein quote, “When you stop learning, you start dying,” has been trending on Instagram and TikTok—spaces where you can ...

A community of practice is a group of cross-divisional faculty and instructional staff who are interested in collaboratively learning about and integrating new teaching practices or technologies that ...

Human capital development through the learning and development vertical in higher education is a strategic investment every organization should consider as part of its institutional growth. In a world ...

Jennifer Dobbs-Oates, clinical associate professor of human development and family studies, will facilitate an interactive exploration of the intersection of experiential education with diversity and ...

In classrooms around the world, educators strive to nurture not only students’ academic skills but also the qualities that help them thrive more generally as dynamic people, namely character strengths ...

Shirley Hord, Learning Forward’s scholar laureate, has focused her career on research about and practice of effective professional learning communities. Here she answers an educator’s question about ...

This resource is a guide to using an STM Online: Encore presentation as a conversation starter with members of a faith community. Each part of the presentation may be used separately, in combinations ...

David Young is CEO of Participate, based out of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, formerly known as VIF International Education. He is passionate about professional development. In our digital age, social ...

Communities of Practice (CoPs) are effective means to build capacities for development planning, providing venues for sharing best practices and learning from experiences of other countries. The ...