What is Legitimate Peripheral Participation

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In the context of community of practice, language learners can observe the way members of a community interact before fully participating themselves. In other words, legitimate peripheral participation is seen as a first step for newcomers to situate themselves and understand the underlying rules of the communication; for instance the discursive and interactional features that a particular community uses and it is a key element leading to full participation. Learn more in: Web 2.0 Technologies and Foreign Language Teaching

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Social interactions among members of a community which enables people to engage in a community of practice as a way to share knowledge and support community learning. Learn more in: Best Practices in Project-Based Learning: Applications Within Online Instructional Technology Courses

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The act of observing a community without necessarily engaging in active participation for the purposes of learning about norms and expectations as well as determining whether one wishes to become a member. Learn more in: E-Collaboration within Blogging Communities of Practice

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LPP is the process by which a newcomer gradually works his/her way towards full participation in the community. Lave and Wenger’s (1991) examples were based on the apprenticeship model, where a newcomer (the apprentice) was allowed to undertake basic tasks. As they became more experienced, they were given more complicated tasks until they could fully participate in the practice of the community and became old-timers. Learn more in: Virtual Communities of Practice

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A way of describing how new members of a group become experienced members in a community of practice or affinity group, where the new member initially participates in small but important tasks that contribute to the overall community, and gradually becomes acquainted with the more complex and challenging expectations of the community and takes up a more central and active role Learn more in: Adolescents Teaching Video-Game Making—Who is the Expert Here?

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The process by which newcomers acquire mastery of knowledge and skills through participation in the sociocultural practices of a community Learn more in: A CoP for Research Activities in Universities