CONNECT. ENGAGE. TRANSFORM.

ALOTA's Communities of Practice (CoP)

Children & Youth    Home & Community Health     Rehab & Disability     Leadership

 

Join ALOTA for our Communities of Practice kick-off event on Saturday, March 11th 2023 in Birmingham. This event will allow you to connect and engage with like-minded practitioners while earning contact hours in the practice topic of your choice: Children & Youth, Home & Community Health, Rehab & Disability, and Leadership. Following our day of presentations featuring each CoP, we will end with a Coffee Chat networking event. This is an all-inclusive CE event you don't want to miss!
Registration fees are listed below and include lunch & coffee/tea/pastries during our networking event:
ALOTA Member $65, ALOTA Non-Member $130
ALOTA Student Member $35, ALOTA Student Non-Member $50

What is a CoP?

According to theorists Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger a community of practices is, “a process of social learning that occurs when people who have a common interest in a subject or area collaborate over an extended period of time, sharing ideas and strategies, determining solutions and building innovations.”

What is the purpose of a CoP?

Communities develop their practice through a variety of methods, including: problem solving, requests for information, seeking the experiences of others, reusing assets, coordination and synergy, discussing developments, visiting other members, mapping knowledge and identifying gaps.

What are the benefits of a CoP?

People see CoPs as ways of promoting innovation, developing a social network, and facilitating and disseminating knowledge within a group. Learning can be, and often is, an incidental outcome that accompanies these social processes.