Create                 Collaborate

Share 

Meeri SildEstonia

          

                   Oslo, August 2009

 

 

WEB 1.0 vs WEB 2.0

(passive) consumption vs active participation

search and read (write)- create and publish in collaboration

“Technology is shifting the power away from the editors, the publishers, the establishment, the media elite. Now it is the people who are in control.”

Rupert Murdoch, Global Media Entrepreneur

Information Is Power

  • knowledge management- vital for survival

• Dangers:

information overload lack of information

Communities of Common Practice

  “Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.”

Etienne Wenger 

Communities of Common Practice

  CoPs are created (or formed):•  to connect individuals with

a common interest•  they can exchange

knowledge objects, best practices, and lessons learned. 

• mutual benefit both for organization and individual members

A Sustainable Community of Practice

  It has:• joint enterprise • mutual engagement • shared repertoire

(routines, sensibilities, artifacts, vocabulary, styles, etc.) 

 

  Communities of practice develop around things that matter to people. As a result, their practices reflect the members' own understanding of what is important. 

Dangers for Sustainability

  • lack of information

• information lost in traffic

Communities of Common Practice

  "A community or group with a common interest. CoPs frequently use the internet to facilitate their activities. This facilitation may include forums, libraries, chat rooms, calendars and such. "

Thomas, D. Wason, Ph.D

Keywords for a Modern CoP

  • Collaboration• Creativity• Sharing

Make Yourself Visible

  Utilize WEB 2.0 tools that facilitate collaboration• webpages and blogs• shared photo albums• shared video collections• mailing lists• virtual groups• virtual networking

possibilities• discussion forums• virtual walls• conferencing platforms• …………………………

 

 

 

 

 

 

More Sharing Possiblities

  • Videoshttp://www.youtube.com/http://www.vimeo.com/• Slideshows

http://www.slideshare.net/• Documents

http://docs.google.com• Social networks

http://www.ning.com/http://www.facebook.comhttp://twitter.com/

 

  • connect• be visible• share• create• communicate• Grow• interact• attract digital natives(the new generation)

Thank you!