This is absolutely a fantastic tutorial on Skype which goes beyond functionality and looks at applicability by Community of Practice expert John David Smith.
You probably already know that Skype is a great tool – especially for community leaders. If you are a technology steward, it’s not only a great tool [...]
Continue Reading →From 2 of the leading researchers and writers on Communities of Practice comes this new study that studies the health and impact of online communities.
I absolutely can’t wait to get my hands on this research! Until then, here are a few blurbs from their article:
Though in-house networks of experts—or “communities of practice”—were once [...]
Continue Reading →Dr. Jacques Bughin of McKinsey & Company throws a question to how are organizations stimulating an influx of content. My own response to this question is the following.
One of the keys to pulling content from readers and turning them into participants is by asking relevant questions. For example, this particular blog post ends with [...]
Continue Reading →Though I haven’t had the opportunity to read the research study, based on these reported findings, I can formulate an argument for research into practice type learning activities and communities of practice. The reality is that practionners in all fields are having a hard time staying abreast of new research developments and professional development and [...]
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Kristina Schneider is organizational learning and performance technologist, merging instructional and systems technology with knowledge, project and operations management. 
Her book Edublogging: a qualitative study of training and development bloggers investigates the value of edublogging as a form of self-directed learning and its potential contribution to communities of practice.
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