Probably the notion of Community of Practice (CoP) has been one of the most used concepts in the domain of learning, training and knowledge sharing. While a lot of references are made to original articles of the founding father Etienne Wenger we would like to explore some more recent articles, updated presentations and new insights about CoPs.
If you want to know some ideas why you have to pay attention to CoPs do explore some ideas expressed by a Wenger led workshop at the London School of Economics. To get insight in the overall concept illustrated with some cases have a look at the following presentation, starting from conversations leading to collaboration:
Last but not least we would like to introduce you to a quick start up guide, developed by Wenger himself:
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Any other interesting CoP material you would like to contribute and share?
Further reading:
Community of practice. Learning as a social system. Etienne Wenger.
