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?"
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
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).
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
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.
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
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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
Bronwyn Stuckey University of Wollongong Wollongong, Australia bstuckey@uow.edu.au John D. Smith Learning Alliances Portland, OR, USA John.Smith@LearningAlliances.net
N. Bissett. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 17 (3):
315--325(June 2004)Diversity, Social Capital and Knowledge Distribution, Knowledge Risk Management blog post.