Cross-organisational Communities of Practice: enhancing creativity and epistemic cognition in higher education

The purpose of this work is to investigate the impact participation in cross-organisational Communities Practice (CoPs) on higher education learners studying Design, and specifically ways which CoPs can affect their creative outcomes perceived epistemic cognition. are social groups that share common interests goals a particular field, interact build relevant knowledge expertise. Cross-organisational include members from diverse spheres, such as industry. Research design, implementation evaluation type CoP HE remains limited. Findings study indicate have significant positive effects student gains, perceptions Key motivators triggering included: authentic exchanges interactions with CoP, industry experts; constraints; prospective audiences for end-products; potential future careers. • Participation cross-organizational communities practice enhances learning. Significant gains outcomes. All cognition variables augmented. Authenticity, real-world experts, constraints & audience motivators.