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= Community of Practice {nid E0} =
= Community of Practice <nowiki>("CoP")</nowiki> {nid E0} =

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* The term "Community of Practice" was coined by John Seely Brown of the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) back in the 1980s. (see [http://ps1.cim3.net/ps.php?theurl=http://www.fastcompany.com/online/01/people.html#purp549 article]) {nid E1}
''" ... small group of people who've worked together over a period of time. Not a team, not a task force, not necessarily an authorized or identified group. They are peers in the execution of "real work." What holds them together is a common sense of purpose and a real need to know what each other knows."'' {nid CJC}

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* Some definitions of Communities of Practice (CoP's): {nid E2}
** a group of professionals, informally bound to one another through exposure to a common class of problems, common pursuit of solutions, and thereby themselves embodying a store of knowledge." ''(--Peter & Trudy Johnson-Lenz / ref: http://ps1.cim3.net/ps.php?theurl=http://www.co-i-l.com/coil/knowledge-garden/cop/definitions.shtml#purp47)'' {nid E3}
** small group of people who've worked together over a period of time. Not a team, not a task force, not necessarily an authorized or identified group. They are peers in the execution of "real work." What holds them together is a common sense of purpose and a real need to know what each other knows. ''(--John Seely Brown / ref: http://ps1.cim3.net/ps.php?theurl=http://www.fastcompany.com/online/01/people.html#purp205)'' {nid E4}
** groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and who interact regularly to learn how to do it better ''(--Etienne Wenger / ref: http://www.ewenger.com/theory/index.htm)'' {nid E5}
* The term "Community of Practice" was coined by John Seely Brown of the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) back in the 1980s. {nid E1}

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* Recommended [http://www.co-i-l.com/coil/knowledge-garden/cop/rreading.shtml reading] from George Pór's Community Intelligence Lab site. {nid E6}
* For a variety of definitions and other resources on <nowiki>CoP's</nowiki>, see: http://community.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?CommunityofPractice#nidABL {nid CJD}