@article { title = {Formation of communities of practice to promote openness in education}, year = {2011}, month = {03/2011}, author = {Burgos-Aguilar, Vladimir J. and Mortera-Gutierrez, Fernando J.}, editor = {Ehlers, Ulf-Daniel and Koskinen}, keywords = {teachers’ experiences, OER in schools, higher education, communities of practice}, country = {Spain}, address = {Barcelona}, journal = {eLearning Papers 23}, publisher = {elearningeuropa.info}, volume = {23}, issue = {March 2011}, issn = {1887-1542}, abstract = {This article presents the educational experiences of an inter-institutional project that consisted in forming a Community of Practice (CoP) among Mexican educational institutions, in 2009. The main goal of this project was to enrich a catalogue of OER for basic and elementary education (K-12) for Spanish speaking countries in Latin America, and the rest of the world, within the field of innovative education and technology, through the work and community of practice of K-12 teachers and university faculty participants. Six Mexican higher education institutions participated in this project, and this article will talk about their faculty experiences with a community of practice that used innovative applications and new technologies. Also, this article describes how OER were used in the K-12 educational level through the portal website of TEMOA, the academic search engine developed by Tecnológico de Monterrey to help teachers with the design and instruction of their courses.}, refereed = {yes}, url = {http://www.openeducationeuropa.eu/en/article/Formation-of-Communities-of-Practice-to-Promote-Openness-in-Education}, attachments = {media25244.pdf}, }