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* Description: Support groups of individuals with similar work responsibilities but who are not part of a formally designated work team. Many communities of practice communicate through a web-based system. For more information have a look at [http://www.ewenger.com/theory/ ewenger.com] | * Description: Support groups of individuals with similar work responsibilities but who are not part of a formally designated work team. Many communities of practice communicate through a web-based system. For more information have a look at [http://www.ewenger.com/theory/ ewenger.com] | ||
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**[http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu/ phpWebSite] provides a complete web site content management system for easy maintenance of interactive, community-driven web sites; | **[http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu/ phpWebSite] provides a complete web site content management system for easy maintenance of interactive, community-driven web sites; | ||
| − | ** [http://www.eforest.us/eForest eForest (US forest planners)] uses the | + | ** [http://www.eforest.us/eForest eForest (US forest planners)] uses the commercial web service [http://ning.com Ning] |
| − | ** iemHUB (environmental models)] uses the [[http://hubzero.org HUBzero]] platform | + | ** [http://iemhub.org/ iemHUB (environmental models)] uses the open source [[http://hubzero.org HUBzero]] platform |
[[Category:Knowledge Management techniques]] | [[Category:Knowledge Management techniques]] | ||
Revision as of 23:32, 17 April 2013
Community of Practice
- Description: Support groups of individuals with similar work responsibilities but who are not part of a formally designated work team. Many communities of practice communicate through a web-based system. For more information have a look at ewenger.com
- Other definitions: Search the web
- Examples for applications of COP's in forest management: A COP on Forest Policy - Forest Practice ; Community of Practice on Forest Financing in Latin America; eForest (US forest planners) ;
- Examples for applications of COP's in natural resource management: www.e-agriculture.org - people exchange information, ideas, and resources related to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for sustainable agriculture and rural development; aims.fao.org - CoP for accessing and discussing agricultural information management standards, tools and methodologies]; EcosystemCommons (ecosystem services) ;iemHUB (development, evaluation, and application of environmental models) ;Ecosystem-Based Management Tools Network (marine); Redlands Institute Spatial Decision Support Knowledgebase
- Examples for tools to develop COP's:
- phpWebSite provides a complete web site content management system for easy maintenance of interactive, community-driven web sites;
- eForest (US forest planners) uses the commercial web service Ning
- iemHUB (environmental models) uses the open source [HUBzero] platform
