Williams, J. M., & Andrijcic, E., & Mohan, S., & Litzler, E., & Güler, S. (2023, June), Board 282: Examining the Community of Practice in the NSF RED Program  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--42762

\bibitem{asee_peer_42762}
  Williams, J. M., \& Andrijcic, E., \& Mohan, S., \& Litzler, E., \& Güler, S. (2023, June), \emph{Board 282: Examining the Community of Practice in the NSF RED Program}
  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland.
  10.18260/1-2--42762

Julia M. Williams, Eva Andrijcic, Sriram Mohan, Elizabeth Litzler, and Selen Güler.  "Board 282: Examining the Community of Practice in the NSF RED Program".  2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/42762 Internet.  30 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_42762}
  Julia M. Williams, Eva Andrijcic, Sriram Mohan, Elizabeth Litzler, and Selen Güler.
  "Board 282: Examining the Community of Practice in the NSF RED Program".
  \emph{2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/42762 Internet.  30 Apr, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Since it’s inception in 2015, the National Science Foundation Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) program has supported engineering and computer science educators as they work to transform the preparation of undergraduate students.  As part of the program, members of RED teams connect with one another through regular online meetings and an annual consortium meeting.  Through these interactions, we see that the RED teams function as a community of practice (CoP), as defined by Wenger:

Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.  (Wenger 2011)

More than just a collection of individuals who possess a shared interest, a community of practice is defined by several distinct features:  they are practitioners; they develop a shared repertoire of resources (such as experiences, stories, tools, ways of addressing recurring problems) that represent their shared practice; and they develop their community over time and as a result of sustained interaction (Wenger 2011).  In our research and practice work with RED teams, we have identified aspects of their interactions that suggest that they are operating as a community of practice.  We also find that RED team members and their projects benefit from their CoP engagements. 

For our poster at ASEE 2023 we plan to focus on three specific elements of the RED CoP.  First, adoption and learning in the RED CoP is facilitated by the community interactions, whereby RED teams, located across the country and spanning multiple disciplines, can learn about the work of other teams and adopt new practices into their own projects.  Second, the RED CoP has resulted in collaborations and partnerships between teams, thus providing opportunities for teams to leverage their work and expand their influence. For example, one such collaboration resulted in a DEI-focused project. Third, members of the RED CoP conduct their interactions as colleagues with a goal of producing mutual benefit for all members.  Overall, our analysis of the RED CoP suggests a way to understand the impact of the RED program on the team members who participate in its CoP.
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AU  - Julia M. Williams
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AU  - Selen Güler
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