The Influence of Interface Design on Knowledge Management through Virtual Communities of Practice for Permanent Education in Health

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Virtual Communities Of Practice

Facilitator Toolkit for Building and Sustaining Virtual Communities of Practice

2011 ◽  
pp. 202-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Kimball ◽  
Amy Ladd
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Work Training ◽  
Virtual Communities Of Practice ◽  
Over Time

The boundaries of a Community of Practice (CoP) have changed significantly because of changes in organizations and the nature of the work they do. Organizations have become more distributed across geography and across industries. Relationships between people inside an organization and those previously considered outside (customers, suppliers, managers of collaborating organizations, other stakeholders) are becoming more important. In addition, organizations have discovered the value of collaborative work due to the new emphasis on Knowledge Management—harvesting the learning and the experience of members of the organization so that it is available to the whole organization. This chapter offers a practical toolkit of best practices, tips and examples from the authors’ work training leaders to launch and sustain a virtual CoP, including tips for chartering the community, defining roles, and creating the culture that will sustain the community over time.

On the Definition and Impact of Virtual Communities of Practice

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 73-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonios Andreatos
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Virtual Communities Of Practice ◽  
To Come

The evolution of the Internet has made several Communities of Practice to go online and has brought into life numerous Virtual Communities of Practice. The purpose of this article is: to define and categorize Virtual Communities of Practice; to examine their social impact in general and specifically in knowledge and technology management; also, to examine the contribution of Communities of Practice to informal learning and to relate them to Connectivism and collaborative learning. Several case studies are presented to clarify the presentation. It is expected that Virtual Communities of Practice will play an important role in both learning theory and practice as well as knowledge management during the years to come.

Virtual Communities of Practice

2005 ◽  
pp. 2991-2995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Kimble ◽  
Paul Hildreth
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Types Of Knowledge ◽  
Innovative Solution ◽  
Virtual Communities Of Practice

When knowledge management (KM) began to emerge in the 1990s it was seen as an innovative solution to the problems of managing knowledge in a competitive and increasingly internationalised business environment. However, in practice it was often little more than information management re-badged (Wilson, 2002). More recently, there has been recognition of the importance of more subtle, softer types of knowledge that need to be shared. This raises the question as to how this sort of knowledge might be managed. Communities of practice (CoPs) have been identified as means by which this type of knowledge can be nurtured, shared and sustained (Hildreth & Kimble, 2002). Do CoPs offer a means of managing the softer aspects of knowledge and, if they do, are they applicable to today’s increasingly “virtual” world?

Virtual Communities of Practice

2011 ◽  
pp. 3981-3985
Author(s):  
Chris Kimble ◽  
Paul Hildreth
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Types Of Knowledge ◽  
Innovative Solution ◽  
Virtual Communities Of Practice

When knowledge management (KM) began to emerge in the 1990s it was seen as an innovative solution to the problems of managing knowledge in a competitive and increasingly internationalised business environment. However, in practice it was often little more than information management re-badged (Wilson, 2002). More recently, there has been recognition of the importance of more subtle, softer types of knowledge that need to be shared. This raises the question as to how this sort of knowledge might be managed. Communities of practice (CoPs) have been identified as means by which this type of knowledge can be nurtured, shared and sustained (Hildreth & Kimble, 2002). Do CoPs offer a means of managing the softer aspects of knowledge and, if they do, are they applicable to today’s increasingly “virtual” world?

scholarly journals Knowledge Management in Virtual Communities of Practice

10.5772/9553 ◽  
2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junio Cesar de Lima ◽  
Cedric Luiz de Carvalho ◽  
Ana Paula Laboissiere Ambrosio
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Virtual Communities Of Practice

Knowledge management through two virtual communities of practice (Endobloc and Pneumobloc)

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 170-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Lara ◽  
Francesca Cañas ◽  
Antonieta Vidal ◽  
Núria Nadal ◽  
Ferran Rius ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Health System ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
National Health System ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Virtual Network ◽  
Virtual Communities Of Practice

We developed two virtual communities of practice (Endobloc and Pneumobloc) to increase the interaction between general practitioners and nurses in primary care and hospital endocrinologists and pulmonologists. They were designed and developed using an existing web 2.0-based virtual network belonging to the local National Health System, and we quantitatively assessed the usefulness through the participation and use during the first 24 months after the launch in 2010. A total of 26,372 visits (47% Endobloc’s visits) and 2351 contributions (Endobloc’s contribution 38.9%) to both virtual communities of practice were registered during the first 24 months. The most popular sections were the e-Blog and the e-Consultations section in both virtual communities of practice, but some differences in the pattern of use in other sections were observed. Activity on the virtual communities of practice occurred throughout the day including weekends and holiday periods. We showed that virtual communities of practice are feasible under real-life clinical practice.

Knowledge Management and Interaction in Virtual Communities

2011 ◽  
pp. 216-232
Author(s):  
Maria Chiara Caschera ◽  
Arianna D’Ulizia ◽  
Fernando Ferri ◽  
Patrizia Grifoni
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
User Participation ◽  
Knowledge Map ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Virtual Communities Of Practice

This chapter provides a classification of virtual communities of practice according to methods and tools offered to virtual community members for the knowledge management and the interaction process. It underlines how these methods and tools support users during the exchange of knowledge, enable learning, and increase the user ability to achieve individual and collective goals. In this chapter virtual communities are classified in virtual knowledge-sharing communities of practice and virtual learning communities of practice according to the collaboration strategy. A further classification defines three kinds of virtual communities according to the knowledge structure: ontology-based VCoP; digital library-based VCoP; and knowledge map-based VCoP. This chapter also describes strategies of interaction used to improve the knowledge sharing and learning in groups and organizations. It shows how agent-based method supports interaction among community members, improves the achievement of knowledge, and encourages the level of user participation. Finally, this chapter presents the system’s functionalities that support browsing and searching processes in collaborative knowledge environments.

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