Web-based communities of practice:

a case study of the profuncionário programme

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25029/od.2017.141.14

Keywords:

Community of practice, distance education, pro-employee programme, collaborative process, collaborative work

Abstract

The aim of this case study was to delineate interaction networks among the various agents taking part in the Profuncionário programme of the Federal Institute of Bahia (IFBA), between 2013 and 2015, in order to identify the main phenomena, characteristics and particularities of the communities of practice (CP). In this research, different ways of participating in the CP were identified. On the whole there was greater emphasis on receiving information. CP were seen to have great potential in distance education, because they facilitate greater integration and motivation of social agents involved in the process.

 

Author Biographies

Jocelma Almeida Rios, Instituto Federal da Bahia. Campus Lauro de Freitas (Brazil)

PhD in Knowledge Dissemination, Master in Computer Networks, Specialist in Application Development, Computer Scientist and Pedagogue. She is a professor at the Federal Institute of Bahia (IFBA), Campus Lauro de Freitas, in computing, in the areas of software engineering and applied computing, and in education, in the areas of education management and educational technology. Develops research in the fields of applied computing, cognitive analysis, communities of practice, education management, educational technology. Currently, he works in the implementation of the IFBA Lauro de Freitas Campus, responding for the Coordination of Research, Graduate Studies and Innovation, and supporting teaching and extension actions.

Leonardo Rangel dos Reis, Instituto Federal da Bahia - IFBA (Brazil)

Professor of sociology, in the areas of sociology of education and anthropology of science. Associate professor of the Professional Master in Education - FACED / UFBA. Deputy Coordinator of the e-Tec IFBA Network. Research member of the open format research groups Formace - FACED / UFBA, and Devir - IFBA.

Claudio Reynaldo Barbosa de Souza, Instituto Federal da Bahia - IFBA (Brazil)

Full Professor of Automation and Industrial Equipment. Researcher in the area of technologies applied to health. General Coordinator of Editora do IFBA. Permanent Professor of the Graduate Program in Professional and Technological Education and the Graduate Program in Engineering of Products and Systems at IFBA. Research member of the research groups Núcleo de Tecnologia em Saúde - NTS e Gepio.

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Published

2018-01-21

How to Cite

Almeida Rios, J., Rangel dos Reis, L., & Barbosa de Souza, C. R. (2018). Web-based communities of practice:: a case study of the profuncionário programme. Obra Digital, (14), 103–123. https://doi.org/10.25029/od.2017.141.14

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No. 14 (2018): Teoría de redes, Educación y Difusión del conocimiento

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Monographic

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