Designing for culture, learning, and community -- Part I : Foundations, culture, and wisdom. Theoretical foundations of learning in online communities -- Culture and wisdom -- Part II : Components of the wisdom communities learning design framework. Wisdom communities online -- Communication -- Technology -- Distributed co-mentoring -- Learner support -- The collaborative inquiry cycle -- Transformative learning and wisdom -- Part III : Assessing, evaluating, and researching learning in wisdom communities. Methods for assessing collaborative inquiry-based learning / Linda Barril -- Visualizing knowledge generation and innovation through concept mapping -- Researching the social construction of knowledge and group dynamics / Damien M. Sánchez -- Part IV : Building online wisdom communities across cultures. Needs assessment and infrastructure analysis / Damien M. Sánchez -- Design and development -- Learner assessment and evaluation / Linda Barril -- The future of wisdom communities