Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5067-0019 : Susan M. Holloway

Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2014

Publication Title

CASAE: Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education

Volume

2014

First Page

107

Last Page

110

Abstract

Conferences can be understood as important lifelong learning sites for adults engaged in a variety of pursuits. As conferences often draw together people to focus on a particular topic, whether it relates to workplace learning, leisure, or health, they may be seen as avenues for fostering what Wenger (1998) terms as “communities of practice”. This paper explores how lifelong learning at conferences is linked to the members of a community of practice, the organization of the event, and the effects of new technologies.

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