Communities of practice

Communities of Practice – A Framework for Learning and Improvement. http://convcme.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/communities-of-practice-a-framework-for-learning-and-improvement/

‘CoPs develop around things that matter to people…The difference between a CoP and a team is that the shared learning and interest of its members are what keeps it together. It is defined by knowledge rather than task. It exists because participation has value to members’.

 ‘In their teams, they take care of projects. In their networks, they form relationships. In their CoPs they develop the knowledge that lets them do these other tasks’.

 Etienne Wenger, 1998

Commitment to the group Shared interest Shared purpose

- What is our identity?-Why are we in the community/group?- What is the purpose of our

community/group?

Who We Are

- What roles?- What relationships?- How do people connect/interact?- How is engagement and trust cultivated and

nurtured?

We learn from each other.

We learn when we DO.

- very small or very large- under a main group or many peripheral- local or global- meet face-to-face or online- within an organisation or from various

organisations- formally organised with a budget or informally

organised CoPs are also known as: Learning Networks,

Thematic Groups, Tech Clubs etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63rQ3S8EHoA&feature=youtu.be