Communities of Practice Discussion Forum
Group that discusses technology, theory and developmental practices. Features a glossary and links to related sites.
Communities of Practice: a social aspect to virtual worlds?
The term CoP is used to describe many groups. Here the CoP is discussed as a means of providing the missing social dimension to the virtual world.
Community in the Workplace
Describes an anthology of essays about community building in the workplace, written by a virtual community of community-builders.
Etienne Wenger
Homepage of the Community of Practice researcher and consultant who coined the term along with Jean Lave. Features links to his widely-read publications on the field, including an …
Human Interface
Lecture notes from a course taught by Chris Kimble at York University. Provides links to sources of information on knowledge management and communities of practice.
Knowledge Management Research at the University of York
Chris Kimble's research in CSCW and Knowledge Management, in particular, the representation and dissemination of knowledge in virtual team and in virtual environments. He is intere…