In our first post on Communities of Practice (CoPs) we disabused ourselves of the confusion between a community and the platform that allows a community to interact together online. They can be useful tools for communities of practice, but they aren’t the same thing. So practice was missing as well. Does it matter?&#. MORE >>

community of practice is an online platform I think people who belief in this myth do know that there are people interacting through the online platform, yet they are blinded to this fact by focusing on the online space only. Tags: communities of practice This was hard to guess! Here they are: 1. MORE >>

Tomorrow I'm going to present the difference between the theories of communities of practice and action learning (and between the communities themselves and action-reflection groups). CoP = community of practice, AL = Action Learning). Tags: action learning communities of practice This table summarizes what I intend to present. MORE >>

Keeping the Wheels Turning: The Dynamics of Managing Networks of Practice. Journal of Management Studies, 47(1), 85-108 The authors make a distinction between NoPs and CoPs; networks of practice and communities of practice. Tags: communities of practice elearning knowledge management Van den Hooff, B., Huysman, M., 2010). MORE >>

Recently he has been sharing some of his practice (I.e Check out the very specific practice categories in his right nav bar if you are looking for ideas about how to share what you/your community knows!) So first, this is simply a pointer to a useful practice. That is the difference of a community of practice. MORE >>