Why have Communities of Practice?
Communities of Practice are groups of individuals who share a concern or passion for something that they do, and learn to perfect this through regular sharing.
The professional community, and in particular the community of practice, is the very essence of the organisation based on flows of knowledge. It is very informal and often spontaneous, and so difficult to manage. But it is a privileged area of group intelligence, innovation and the development of collective knowledge.
The community of Practice is not limited to the legal boundaries of a company or production unit; it is the emergence of networks forging complex links between participants involved in a “broader enterprise”. It is organised into knowledge networks, based on a knowledge society. The professional community has to take into account the human element (emotional considerations, cognitive styles, tropism) and resist the temptation to reduce knowledge management to a simple matter of handling content or technologies.
Communities of Practice using MOS and eLearning:
MOS Club
MOS customers – Objective: discuss MOS “best practices”.
inCOrPorate
Cop including MOS customers, universities and experts. Objective: discuss blended learning best practices.
Interested? Contact Mido Raffier: mraffier@mindonsite.com
MindOnSite has contributed to a project funded by the European Community.
Objective: facilitate and improve individual and organisational learning in communities of practice.
- establish specific usage models
- develop innovative, interoperable and extendable services
