Assignment 1: Annotated Bibliography about Learning Communities. An annotated bibliography is a very efficient tool for selecting appropriate professional literature for literature reviews. For this assignment you will select 12-15 sources to review related to learning communities (communities of practice) or themes related to learning communities. It is recommended that you review current (1-3 year old) full text professional journals for this assignment. You may use the Internet, but no more than 5 sources should be from web sites.
Annotated bibliography is different from a literature review in that it is not a running narrative. Instead, it is a collection of summaries of selected works. In other words, each listing in the annotated bibliography will have complete bibliographical information and a short summary of the content. The notion is that an annotated bib acts as a pre-cursor to a literature review, or a source of first phase of information for a research project, etc. There is no need for a reference list at the end of the assignment. The rubric for grading follows.
