... Holly, I'm glad you just posted your comments and questions on this, and it should be interesting to see the response. This seems to be a common issue...
Hi Tony, that'd be great. I don't think it'd be easy though, due to the geography of the place :-). Mailing lists make it hard to create separate, clearly...
Tony and Miguel, I agree that focused problem solving is a challenge online and especially on an email list. Among other things, one of the "problems" that we...
Miguel, You wrote: "Mailing lists make it hard to create separate, clearly delimited conversations that are best for problem solving, and definitely does not ...
David, Thanks for your note. ... All true. It's an important feature of our approach that we'd estimate costs and benefits using measurement scales that allow...
Hi Rosanna/John <snip> Did you already come up with a list of possible indicators? What do you intend to measure and how? </snip> Rosanna's question set me off...
Hello Gerrit, I asked which metrics you had chosen because I wanted to see if you had a particular focus in mind... "group dynamics" is a pretty big field, and...
Thanx Nancy, I'll have a look. I'm learning new stuff every day!! Gerrit <snip> Peripheral, not rigorous, but perhaps thought provoking, you might want to...
I'm looking for resources on the merits or relative pros & cons of face-to-face time in the context of CoPs or other collaboration. Any tips would be...
Hi Rosanna I don't think you understand yet how little about CoP's :-) I've been in Instructional Technology for about 3 years now and before that F-2-F ...
Seth, Are you asking the right question? I think everybody would agree that the more face-to-face the better. But wouldn't everybody agree that a community...
Gerritt, Then I would point you to two main set of authors doing virtual CoPs: *Dubé et al: Bourhis, A., Dubé, L., & Jacob, R (2005). The success of virtual...
John (and Seth), You wrote: "I think everybody would agree that the more face-to-face the better." May I have your attention please (does it sound familiar...
Right, John. I think also face-to-face has different value at differential points in a community's development. I'm looking for any resources on what that...
Rosanan, Can you guide me toward "Studies on top of studies"? Much thanks, Seth Seth Kahan Accelerating Positive Change (301) 229-2221 Collaboration Specialist...
This set of resources causes me to ask, is there a wiki or a tag where we can all continue to identify resources?? I know there used to be the Under the Oak...
Seth, I'm happy to. As soon as I get back working (now it's shopping time --- yahoo)... ;) Mainly from linguists (like James Pennebaker et al) but also social...
... Yes there is, I've added Rosanna's references into a page on the DARwiki which covers distributed CoPs, and related subjects. This is a slowly developing...
... one ... Generally, ... a ... etc. ... group ... and ... gets ... the ... Tony - I would concur that this is another important aspect of this group (& ...
Rosanna, You say: "Distributed communities aren't only about involving people from different countries. They also are more ***inclusive*** than face-to-face." ...
John, That "inclusive" was meant in the usual, most common meaning. Aka: inclusive of people that *have* some form of disability, not the ones that think/feel ...
... The above argument had me almost convinced for a short while, although I was distracted. If all things were equal, then yes you can make a case that there...
Andy said: "If it's a private community, then at least all the members should be able to read or get somebody to read it to them, even if they might not write...
Regarding F2F vs. virtual interaction, while not specific to communities of practice, one chapter of our book, "The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and ...
... About 4 years ago I wrote a paper for a doctoral seminar on diffusion of innovation in which I contrasted online with f2f collaboration. One of my...
Hi all, Not so seasoned in CoP research, or CoP's for that matter, but I would argue that a tremendous difference between anything online (even live)and f2f...
In some work I'm doing, I added the term "distributed" to community of practice to specify a geographically distributed community of practice whose members...
Hi all: I need your advice. I'm thinking about doing an experiment of building several COP from scratch (a top down approach in an organization) in order to...
Halbana, There is really no minimum number of people to start a CoP. (more than 1, of course :). I think it depends greatly on the topic. Rather than thinking ...
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