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?"
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
Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators: Vol. 2 - contains links to authors and a full introductory chapter - deals with distributed CoPs
Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators: Vol. 1 - contains links to authors and a full introductory chapter - deals with co-located CoPs
Michael Fung-Kee-Fung1,2§, Elena Goubanova2*, Karen Sequeira2*, Arifa Abdulla2*, Rose Cook 2*, Claire Crossley2*, Bernard Langer2*, Andrew J. Smith2*, Hartley Stern1,2*
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
Kevin WATSON and Fran STEELE School of Education College of Arts Education and Social Sciences University of Western Sydney AUSTRALIA E-mail: K.Watson@uws.edu.au Received 5 October, 2005 Revised 19 May, 2006
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
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 aspect of the oil and natural gas indu
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
Calendaring tool allows communities to keep individual and group schedule of events. They can be stand alone applications, or applications that integrate with individual users' tools such as Outook. (NEED BETTER TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION)
This wiki is a companion piece to a forthcoming book Stewarding Technologies for Communities of Practice by Etienne Wenger, Nancy White and John D. Smith. The report gives a great deal more context to the information in this wiki, but it is our hope that
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
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
Bronwyn Stuckey University of Wollongong Wollongong, Australia bstuckey@uow.edu.au John D. Smith Learning Alliances Portland, OR, USA John.Smith@LearningAlliances.net
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
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
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
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
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
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315--325(июня 2004)Diversity, Social Capital and Knowledge Distribution, Knowledge Risk Management blog post.
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C. Kimble, и P. Hildreth. Encyclopaedia of Communities of Practice in Information and Knowledge Management, Idea Group Publishing, Hershey (USA)/London (UK), October 2005.(2005)
C. Kimble. Innovative Approaches for Learning and Knowledge Sharing, EC-TEL 2006 Workshops Proceedings, 213, стр. 218 - 234. Knossos, Crete, Sun SITE Central Europe, (2006)