Professional Networks and Communities of Practice

The VIU Teaching and Learning Centre promotes professional networks and communities of practice because they foster continual professional growth and lifelong learning, enable scholarly activity within the institution, and develop professional connections with other institutions and organizations.

To promote professional networks and communities of practice, the VIU Teaching and Learning Centre team stirves to lead, contribute to and implement activities that foster peer collaboration and networking within and outside our institution. Some of our initiatives therefore include:

• Hosting and supporting reading circles,
• Holding professional development workshops, and
• Collaborating with other internal and external institutions and agencies.

To learn more about how you can become a part of a professional network, please visit the links above or contact us.

Collaborations:

Our centre collaborates with several different organizations and agencies, including:

• Academic Computing Steering Committee
• CUPE Training and Development Committee - Collaborative Cluster Committee (representing those providing professional development at VIU)
• Liaison with the VIU Research and Scholarly Activity Office
• BC Campus Educational Technology and Users Group - ETUG
• VIU Commons Committee
• VIU instructional and service departments
• MFA Professoinal Development Committees
• BCGEU Professional Development Committees
• UCIPD (University, College, Institute Professional Developers of British Columbia) Research and Scholarly Activity Office
• Communities of Practice - Ettienne Wenger
• Chairs and Coordinators Institute
• Documentation Committee - (Library, Information Technology and VIU Teaching and Learning Centre)
• Society of Vocatoinal Instructors