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Home About Full Circle Resources Contact Us Full Circus Full Circle Associates connections for a changing world, online and offline… Friday, April 01, 2005 How Some Folks Have Tried to Describe Community - Update 2005 In 1999 I wrote an article entitled How Some Folks Have Tried to Describe Community . The UCLA Center for the Study of Online Community in their site introduction state that the Center "seeks to present and foster studies that focus on how computers

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In the km4dev journal there was an article by Kim Henderson on the knowledge sharing approach of UNDP based on CoPs or knowledge networks. The first CoPs were established in 1999 in some of the priority thematic areas of UNDP, currently there are 20 knowledge networks with between 300-2300 members each, corresponding to the strategic goals. The networks serve for sharing experiences and good practices, and for discussion of substantive issues. Members are primarily UNDP staff, though some are open to external participants. The networks are linked by electronic networks, but also

David RD Gratton Blog About Beyond Communities of Interest, Communities do not Exist July 3, 2005 My company has been working with what we have been calling Information Clouds, and I came upon Thomas Vanderwals body of work. will see if I can find the original post or if I can remember what I wrote 2 years ago. [UPDATE 2- July 10, 2007] The original post is restored. Tags: Communities of Interest , Social Networks

Pete Bond posted some articles in the yahoo com-prac discussion group , amongst others one by Hammond and Glenn called The ancient practice of Chinese social networking: Guanxi and social network theory . The chinese concept of Guanxi refers to a social network that contextualizes individuals within a highly collectivist society. The essay argues it overlaps It is defined as a mechanism by which individuals are able to achieve personal, family or business objectives. The three overlapping areas are: 1.

I vlogged Edward Addo-Dankwa (working for the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Ghana and a board member of GINKS , a network on ICT for development in Ghana) about cultural obstacles to knowledge sharing for networks in Ghana. I actually had various talks on the topic of how knowledge sharing works in the network and while designing the question for Eddy I thought asking about obstacles would make a negative question and almost choose the alternative of asking about succesful learning processes within the network. Unfortunately the video is very, very dark and I thought editing would help, but it didn't.

These two kinds of knowledge creation are supported by different kinds of network structures. It's important to realize that in a small group, it is difficult for many people to have personal networks rich in structural holes. For this to happen the network has to be fairly diffuse. Interactive Creativity Interactive creativity also calls for heterogeneity -- it is the successful synthesis of different perspectives that creates something new. By Steve Borgatti, Carroll School of Management, Boston College Introduction All knowledge is socially constructed, but some more than others.

Social network sites: Definition, history, and scholarship. link] Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship danah m. Ellison Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media Michigan State University Go to a section in the article: Abstract Introduction Social Network Sites: A Definition A History of Social Network Sites Previous Scholarship Overview JCMC Home Submit Issues Author Index Editors About JCMC boyd, d.