Using technology to transform communities of practice into knowledge-building communities Export

@article{citeulike:306423, abstract = {Knowledge and learning exist as byproducts of social processes such as those that take place in communities of practice. We describe two frameworks for understanding and building online knowledge-building communities, or online communities of practice that enhance collective knowledge. First, the C4P framework is described as a way of understanding how knowledge is created and disseminated by participants in a community of practice. Second, we discuss ways in which technology provides added value for learning in these environments using the DDC (Design for Distributed Cognition) framework, and link this to the particular goals of a knowledge-building community. Examples from two large online communities are discussed.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Hoadley, Christopher M. and Kilner, Peter G.}, citeulike-article-id = {306423}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1067705}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1067699.1067705}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://portal.acm.org.mate.lib.unimelb.edu.au/citation.cfm?id=1067705&jmp=cit&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=52032827&CFTOKEN=24428268#CIT}, doi = {10.1145/1067699.1067705}, journal = {SIGGROUP Bull.}, keywords = {communities-of-practice, technology}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {31--40}, posted-at = {2006-01-08 06:02:20}, priority = {1}, publisher = {ACM Press}, title = {Using technology to transform communities of practice into knowledge-building communities}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1067699.1067705}, volume = {25}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:306423 L3 - citeulike-article-id:306423 N2 - Knowledge and learning exist as byproducts of social processes such as those that take place in communities of practice. We describe two frameworks for understanding and building online knowledge-building communities, or online communities of practice that enhance collective knowledge. First, the C4P framework is described as a way of understanding how knowledge is created and disseminated by participants in a community of practice. Second, we discuss ways in which technology provides added value for learning in these environments using the DDC (Design for Distributed Cognition) framework, and link this to the particular goals of a knowledge-building community. Examples from two large online communities are discussed. IS - 1 JF - SIGGROUP Bull. AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 40 TI - Using technology to transform communities of practice into knowledge-building communities PB - ACM Press VL - 25 SP - 31 KW - communities-of-practice KW - technology AU - Hoadley, Christopher AU - Kilner, Peter PY - 2005/01// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1067699.1067705 ER -