Hi Kevin, other list members have already given some deeper ideas, and there are a few communities of practice for educators on the web, so I'll stick to the...
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Fred Nickols
fwnickols
Jan 3, 2004 3:49 pm
Over the holidays I finished up several new articles for my web site. One seems particularly relevant to the KW-KM and CoP lists. "Knowledge Work is A Myth."...
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John D. Smith
smithjd2tele...
Jan 3, 2004 7:43 pm
On Wednesday, December 31, 2003 7:32 AM, Bruce Jones [mailto:brucewj@...] writes: <snip> Yes there are a lot of frustrations and "false starts"...
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John D. Smith
smithjd2tele...
Jan 3, 2004 7:43 pm
Wojciech Jaworski [mailto:gsinc@...] wrote on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 1:04 AM <snip> Here is are some "answers" to your questions: (1) A...
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e-learning-MT
e_learning_mt
Jan 3, 2004 8:12 pm
Hi there, we would like to invite you to visit and take part of our virtual community at: http://www.tips4teachers.com This is a virtual community to discuss...
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Bruce Jones
brucewj
Jan 3, 2004 10:47 pm
<snip> ......... Although "community" gets the warm fuzzies going, aren't organizational (or social?)processes are just as full of variance and messiness and ...
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Wojciech Jaworski
wmjaworski
Jan 4, 2004 2:13 am
Dear BJ, I like content and form of your message. In the NL exchanges there are useful and harmful ambiguities ("warm fuzzies"). It is productive - for...
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Bruce Jones
brucewj
Jan 4, 2004 8:28 pm
WMJ: "I like content and form of your message." Thank you! "So far, in this list, CoCI is identified by Tread Name (aka Subject)?" I agree that the use of a...
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Maria Jordano
maria_jordano
Jan 4, 2004 9:19 pm
Hi Kevin, This is the website of one of the most active CoP for teacher development. http://www.geocities.com/vance_stevens/papers/evonline2002/webheads.htm or...
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John Parboosingh
johnparboosingh
Jan 5, 2004 2:41 am
Miguel, We have found your basic advice in b), c), d) and e) in initiating and maintaining CoPs of physicians to be very true; especially the need for a ...
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John Parboosingh
johnparboosingh
Jan 5, 2004 2:41 am
I definately concur with your ideas here, Fred. Taken one step further, it is the first task of the 21st Century manager who is helping a worker to identify...
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bstuckey@...
bronwynstuckey
Jan 5, 2004 4:19 am
John et al I would agree with your comments about project activity. I think Etienne would suggest and my experience would support the idea that that difference...
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Ben Daniel
bkd_com
Jan 5, 2004 6:00 am
I also think that another key distinction between a CoP and project team is sustainability of interest in participation. It ocurs to me that the type and level...
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plbond
plawtonbond
Jan 5, 2004 10:06 am
Kevin and others http://www.Know-2.org is a website of a European funded initiative to establish CoP based on those with interest in 'on-line' (e.learning)....
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Ian Dickson
marlomtander
Jan 5, 2004 10:13 am
In message <003a01c3d2f1$9387fce0$6600a8c0@JOHN>, John Parboosingh <parboo@...> writes ... Spot the assumption:-) Why a visual map? Surely you mean...
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plbond
plawtonbond
Jan 5, 2004 12:16 pm
Any ideas? In my approach to CoP development I have adhered to the notion that relationships are the (new) bottom line. (Got this from Lewin and Regine's book...
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Wirth, Ross
entarga
Jan 5, 2004 2:48 pm
I don't think there is a simple answer here because the critical mass for active participation is dependent on a number of factors: degree of involvement,...
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John Parboosingh
johnparboosingh
Jan 5, 2004 4:02 pm
Hi Peter, Many thanks for this information and source. I have checked out the website in search of more information about KALiF as I perceive a use for such an...
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John Parboosingh
johnparboosingh
Jan 5, 2004 4:18 pm
Thanks. I concur with your sentiments and agree that if visuals are used they must help those involved to add meaning to the discussion. Visuals are most...
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chris macrae
wcbn007
Jan 5, 2004 4:22 pm
Yes I thought Lewin and Regine's book was a breakthrough. I'm co-authoring a book with a journalist (Alan Mitchell) on relationships as the new bottom line -...
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John Parboosingh
johnparboosingh
Jan 5, 2004 4:23 pm
This measurement would be included in my " readiness" assessment. I do not know of any research of this nature. It would involve also having a tool to measure...
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John Parboosingh
johnparboosingh
Jan 5, 2004 5:26 pm
Hi Bronwyn, Many thanks for the input. I find it very helpful as we try to promote CoPs among physicians. Your observations certianly apply to physician CoPs. ...
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Ian Dickson
marlomtander
Jan 5, 2004 5:29 pm
In message <001901c3d3a7$93a996f0$6600a8c0@JOHN>, John Parboosingh <parboo@...> writes ... You need someone who has wide (but maybe not deep)...
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Fred Nickols
fwnickols
Jan 6, 2004 12:54 am
Ian Dickson writes in response to John Parboosingh who was in turn ... I have no idea what John meant but I can assure you that, more often than not, I mean a...
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plbond
plawtonbond
Jan 6, 2004 11:45 am
Thanks to all who have responded to my enquiry on critical mass. I thought I would add a bit more by responding to some of the comments. Ross Wirth said...... ...
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Andy
andyswarbrick
Jan 6, 2004 1:21 pm
Hi Peter, I read with interest the conversation about critical mass in CoP. As an unshamed social network analyst (now looking for home to call my own having...
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Walker Geoff
pensheruk
Jan 6, 2004 1:37 pm
... From my reading of and listening to Etienne Wenger I have derived five critical success factors for a CoP:- 1. Sharing knowledge 2. Learning together 3....
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Andy
andyswarbrick
Jan 6, 2004 1:54 pm
Hi Geoff, I guess by soft what I was meaning are much harder to measure, indepth interviews take an awful long time and in generalisling to multiple networks ...
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Wirth, Ross
entarga
Jan 6, 2004 2:06 pm
Andy, Very interesting work you are doing. Is there a "home" on the internet where you hold discussions with those who might be considered your peers on this...
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Wirth, Ross
entarga
Jan 6, 2004 2:08 pm
Could you share some pieces of the SNA maps you are producing so we could see what they look like? ... From: Walker Geoff...
