Communities of Practice (CoP)
What is a Community of Practice?
A community of practice (CoP) is a group whose members “share a passion for something they know how to do and who interact regularly to learn how to do it better” (Wenger, 2006). Depending on the interests of members they may host presentations from various CSU departments, share ideas and problem-solve together, host guest speakers, collaborate on projects, or hold social/networking events. A CoP allows people to share knowledge, expertise, scholarship, ideas, and suggestions, both face-to-face and electronically.
Why Join?
Communities of practice are a great way to connect with others on campus who are doing work similar to yours, to share and learn from each, and to give and receive support.
2023-24 Communities of Practice
To join a Community of Practice, reach out to the designated contact person.
TILT Led: Alternative Grading Practices
Contact: Jennifer Todd
Email: Jennifer.Todd@colostate.edu
Purpose: Explore and share different types of assessments and how to make grading practices more equitable. Topics will include student-generated rubrics, mastery grading, standards-based grading, and more as defined by the CoP.
Vision: Increase student motivation and learning at CSU through equitable assessment.
Mission: Build and strengthen community and teaching skills by sharing resources, stories, knowledge, and experience to promote equitable grading at CSU.
Others
Contact: Genesea Carter
Email: Genesea.Carter@colostate.edu
This Community of Practice invites faculty and graduate students who teach writing-intensive courses and/or who want to teach more writing in their courses to join a conversation about assignment design and writing assessment for a socially just future. In this Community of Practice, participants will brainstorm, discuss, analyze, and practice ways to teach and assess writing in their disciplines that support students’ linguistic diversity, funds of knowledge, and literacies. We will read Asao Inoue’s open access book Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies: Teaching and Assessing Writing for a Socially Just Future <https://wac.colostate.edu/books/perspectives/inoue/> as a launching point into our conversations. Time will be made in each meeting to discuss practical application to our writing assignments and teaching of writing. Inoue is the former chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), and Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies was the winner of the 2017 CCCC Outstanding Book Award and 2017 Council of Writing Program Administrators Best Book Award. This CoP is capped at 20 participants.
Contact: Joseph Brown, Ph.D.
Email: Joe.Brown@colostate.edu
The CSU Community of Practice on Artificial Intelligence is an interdisciplinary group of campus community members (academic leaders, faculty, administrative professionals, students) who are seeking to collaborate on questions pertaining to AI’s influence on the university community. This takes many forms, such as the impact on the classroom and learning environment, but also the student experience. The purpose of the CoP is to extend discussion beyond the superficial, explore healthy policy and pedagogical approaches to co-existing with AI, and, ultimately, to share recommendations to senior leadership to help CSU chart the future path forward. The group meets monthly as a whole group and slightly more frequently in subgroups.
Participation in the Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Community of Practice is open to any member of the CSU community who has an interest in this topic. Email or call Joseph Brown (joe.brown@colostate.edu OR 970-491-2898) to join.
Contact: Danyel Addes
Upcoming Meetings
The CSU Community of Practice on Artificial Intelligence is an interdisciplinary group of campus community members (academic leaders, faculty, administrative professionals, students) who are seeking..
- Date: May 7, 2024
- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
