Online interaction person. Chocoholic. Now blogaholic. Working to avoid tagaholism. Blog about online community, collaboration, communities of practice, blogging, technology in support of community, interaction and relationship online... And oh! By the wa
This page looks at Communities of Practice as Distributed Collaborative Work and asks (a) are CoPs collaborative and (b) can they be distributed? (Selected and reviwed links to papers on CoPs)
This paper examines learning among museum staff involved in exhibition development in four European natural history museums. It draws upon a larger body of research undertaken for the Mirror project, a European Commission Framework Programme 5 Information
Review of "WHERE DID THAT COMMUNITY GO? - COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE THAT DISAPPEAR" by Patricia Gongla and Christine R. Rizzuto Chapter 24 in Knowledge Networks: Innovation through Communities of Practice
Tecnologia e Aprendizagem Comunidades virtuais de prática e de aprendizagem José Rodríguez Illera Universidade de Barcelona Moderador: Fernando Albuquerque Costa Universidade de Lisboa 31 de Maio | 18h | sala 11
Tecnologia e Aprendizagem Comunidades virtuais de prática e de aprendizagem José Rodríguez Illera Universidade de Barcelona Moderador: Fernando Albuquerque Costa Universidade de Lisboa 31 de Maio | 18h | sala 11
La pregunta que me hago es si las CPs se pueden crear desde la Dirección formal de las organizaciones. Mi respuesta es que sí, pero a partir de una serie de consideraciones. En la última reunión del Cluster del Conocimiento (San Sebastián, 1 y 2 de
PRETTO, A. B. de O. Potencializando a aprendizagem cooperativa através das Comunidades de Prática. Universidade Católica de Brasília – UCB, 2004. Orientador: Professor Dr. Rogério Alvarenga. Brasília-DF. UCB/MCGTI. Dissertação de Mestrado em Ges
What are they? Groups, Networks and Teams organized around teaching and learning topics. Who can join? Anyone at UBC with an interest in teaching and learning! We welcome undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and all others with a teaching
Not long ago I commented here that a user-driven effort to suggest improvements at the Macuarium forums was producing some great ideas. One of them was to design a very simplified, very straightforward version of the rules or terms of use, something that
por Eduardo Lapa* O advento da Internet como meio de comunicação ágil, flexível e de baixo custo, e sua adoção em larga escala pelas organizações e na vida doméstica, foram os propulsores das comunidades virtuais. Grupos de pessoas com interesse
John D. Smith Learning Alliances and CPsquare, United States of America John.Smith@LearningAlliances.net Beverly Trayner, Departamento de Economia e Gestão Escola Superior de Ciências Empresariais, Setúbal, Portugal btrayner@esce.ips.pt
NGOs need to tackle the problems of effective communication that arise from their local-global nature. This paper examines Knowledge Management (KM) practices for use with portal technologies in order to promote Communities of Practice in both local and
This paper presents a critical review of some of the claims made for CoPs. It will address questions such as "Are CoPs really suitable for use in a business setting?" and "Can a CoP ever be truly virtual?"
Masters thesis on social software (e.g., blogs, wikis, social bookmarking services)...and how they support learning, knowledge management, and communities of practice.
Systemic reform often involves partnerships between multiple communities of practice (CoP). In order to understand the strengths and challenges of a partnership, it is necessary to examine the objectives and practices of the constituent communities and th
This paper examines the nature of virtual teams and their place in the networked economy. It presents a framework for categorising virtual teams and argues that fundamental changes have taken place in the business environment which force people and organi
Etienne Wenger is one of the founding fathers of Social Learning Theory and the concept of “Practiced Communities”. People are learning together – every individual deals and engage in many different communities of practice. Here people negotiate and
The workshop focuses on current research trends in technology enhanced learning solutions that aim at addressing the multiplicity and complexity of needs of Communities of Practice all along their lifecycle.
ELISA is a successful professional community in Edinburgh, but where does it go next? Wendy Ball suggests that the next stage of development for such groups involves defining your purpose and continuing to question motives.
Review of "UNDERSTANDING THE BENEFITS AND IMPACT OF COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE" by Michael A. Fontaine and David R. Millen, Chapter 1 in Knowledge Networks: Innovation through Communities of Practice
This Working Paper is the outcome of a short study commissioned by Intercooperation on existing communities of practice (CoPs) in the development sector in India.
This paper provides an overview of virtual teams in the information age, focussing on the definition of virtual teams, their salient characteristics, the communication issues they face (including information overload, geographic and social distance), th
This paper aims at giving a more detailed description and discussion of two concepts of “community” developed in the research areas of text production/writing and social learning / information management / knowledge sharing and comparing them with ea
Contains links to papers on KM/CoPs that are all:(a) examples of research undertaken in the MIS Group (b) refereed as part of a book, journal or refereed conference (c) available on line
The MIRROR project explores the mirroring of the learning interactions of individuals within communities of practice (CoP) through the use of technologies. The specific context explored within the project is that of museum natural scientists.
A paper presented at the Second Workshop on Understanding Work and Designing Artefacts: Design for Collaboration. Communities Constructing Technology at King's Manor, University of York (March 1999).
Este capítulo es un análisis reflexivo de dos comunidades complementarias. La primera es una comunidad de práctica formada por un grupo de instructores y desarrolladores educativos, que diseñan, desarrollan e imparten un programa de master a distanc
Job ID: 47900308003 Description: ICF International, Inc, seeks a mid- to senior-level Instructional Designer to join our Fairfax, VA headquarters. Position requires at least 5+ years experience in the full life cycle of the instructional systems desi
in these cities: Houston, Texas, USA Overview of Position: Chevron Corporation is one of the worlds leading energy companies. Headquartered in San Ramon, California, and conducting business in approximately 180 countries, the company is engaged in every
A CoP is a group of people with a shared goal--to improve their practice. Guided by a facilitator, they "meet" during regularly scheduled conference calls, via a listserv, and in person, when opportunities arise (e.g., the PEJE Assembly). Through this pee
Michael Fung-Kee-Fung1,2§, Elena Goubanova2*, Karen Sequeira2*, Arifa Abdulla2*, Rose Cook 2*, Claire Crossley2*, Bernard Langer2*, Andrew J. Smith2*, Hartley Stern1,2*
Ann Jones* Institute of Educational Technology, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes Mk7 6AA, UK E-mail: a.c.jones@open.ac.uk *Corresponding author Jenny Preece College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators: Vol. 1 - contains links to authors and a full introductory chapter - deals with co-located CoPs
This study draws on the observations of five instructional designers who discuss their professional identities, their communities of practice and their roles as agents of social and institutional change.
The state of the open source movement and the activities that arise from it have shifted and continue to shift before me as I write these essays. While these ideas seem to be constantly reshaping, they are no less interesting to me than they were at the b
N. Bissett. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 17 (3):
315--325(June 2004)Diversity, Social Capital and Knowledge Distribution, Knowledge Risk Management blog post.