1. Communities of Practice pathing the cowpaths by Martin Pluss [email_address] http://twitter.com/plu 0402824959 http://www.bahiker.com/pictures/eastbay/garin/websize/097trail.jpg http://static.flickr.com/35/70225221_e0ca739f93.jpg

2. Robert Scoble: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scobleizer/1072339035/ 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Communities of Practice Simply put they are groups of people who share a concernor a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.Wenger 10. TheModel

A learning theory conceptualized by Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger proposingthe idea that

• Learning is social and comes largely from our experience of participating in daily life

• A process of engagement in a 'community of practice'.

11. According to Wenger CoP defines itself along 3 dimensions:

What it is about

• Joint enterpriseas understood and continually renegotiated by its members.

How it functions

• Mutual engagement that bind members together

What capability it has produced

• Shared repertoireof communal resources (routines, artefacts, vocabulary, styles, etc.) developed over time

• ( http://www.infed.org/biblio/communities_of_practice.htm )

12. 3 Elements

The domain

The community

The Practice

Domain Community Practice 13. Domain (Defines the issues)

Members have

• Identitydefined by a shared area of interest

• Commitment to domain

• Shared competence

14. Community (People who care about the domain)

Members

• Participatein joint activities & discussions

• Helpeach other

• Shareinformation

• Build relationshipsso that they learn from each other

15. Practice(Shared ideas, tools, info., goals)

Members are

• Practitioners

• • Develop a shared repertoire of resources

• • • Experiences

• • • Stories

• • • Tools

• • • Ways of addressing recurring problems

16. Key Features of CoPs

Communication: Managed by making connections

Shared Domain of Practice, knowledge and resources

Focus on value, mutual exchange and learning

Crosses operational, functional and organizational boundaries

Defined by people, not tasks

17. What CoPs Do

Facilitate collaboration/communication

Develop/Identify Subject Matter Experts

Filter out incorrect information by peer groups

Capture knowledge (intellectual capital)

Prevent re-inventing the wheel by sharing knowledge and experiences

Share successful (best) practices

Decrease learning curve

Increase organizational learning

18. Benefits of a CoPs

Access to knowledge and experience

Build relationships with those who have expertise in a particular domain

Develop best practices through discussions and sharing of ideas

Learn how others have solved problems, instead of reinventing the wheel

Keep up-to-date at the time and pace of the individual member

Develop a community spirit.

19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/facebook-founder-stole-our-idea/2007/07/25/1185043156358.html 36. 37. 38. Social Networking Sites

http://mashable.com/2007/07/31/comscore-social-network-global-growth/

39. 40. 41. 42. 43. Wenger Model http://www.anecdote.com.au/WengerModel_small.jpg 44. 45. C of P the next level

Cool Running Australia

EDNA

GTANSW

46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. GTANSW CofP

GO to the GTANSW Home page and enter GTANSW Portal:

http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/gtansw

You will be taken to this page.Click Register.

59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. Technology Adoption Cycle 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. Web 2.0 makes it work

My definition

Communication

Collaboration

Connectedness

http://www.andybudd.com/dcontruct05/images/zen2.jpg 77. Top 13 Web 2.0 Products

www.bloglines.comrss feeder

www.del.icio.usonline favourites

www.flickr.com online photos

www.wikispaces.comcollaborative learning

www.youtube.comonline videos

www.facebook.comsocial networking

www.43things.comgoals organiser

spreadsheets.google.comonline spreadsheets

podomatic.comhost your own podcasts

www.rollyo.com /roll your own search engine

www.digg.comcollaborativefavourites

www.ning.com /social networking

www.secondlife.com3d online digital world

www.gliffy.com /draw and share diagrams on the web

78. A Student Survey

Why do I have to watch a teacher struggleto use yesterdays technology?

The Next Curve Mick Waters 2006

A Conference in Belfast

79. Lisa SmithBatchen Ultra Runner

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." --Mark Twain

80. Creating Passionate Users http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/08/are_your_users_.html 81. You should try new things and 82. sometimes things go a cropperand 83. then you live to tell the story