GSEP Deans Distinguished Lecture Series Presents Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner
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The Graduate School of Education and Psychology Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series
hosted Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner, two pioneers of communities of practice,
for a discussion on “Learning in Landscapes of Practice: Recent Developments in Social
Learning Theory” on October 5 in West Los Angeles. The Wenger-Trayners presented recent
developments in social learning theory and discussed with the audience their applicability
to their work.
Etienne Wenger-Trayner is a globally recognized thought leader in the field of social
learning and communities of practice. He has authored and coauthored seminal articles
and books on the topic, including Situated Learning, where the term “community of
practice” was coined.
Beverly Wenger-Trayner is a learning consultant specializing in communities of practice
and social learning systems. Her expertise encompasses both the design of learning
architectures and the facilitation of processes, activities, and use of new technologies.
She has published chapters and articles about learning in internationally distributed
communities and coauthored a popular toolkit on social reporting. She has also been
the creative director of an open-source platform for networked communities.
Sponsored by Susan (EdD ’86) and Don Rice, the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series
brings leading agents of change to GSEP to discuss the challenges and opportunities
in servant-leadership in communities across the world.
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