What is social networks and community of practice?
Social networks can be used to facilitate communities of practice in a workplace by providing an electronic backbone to the group. Social networking sites such as Facebook or LinkedIn can provide members of CoPs and workplaces the ability to connect with members at a more personal level as well as professional.
What is the difference between networks and communities?
‘The difference between a community and a network is that you belong to a community, but a network belongs to you. You feel in control. You can add friends if you wish, you can delete them if you wish. You are in control of the important people to whom you relate.
Can social media foster a community of practice?
Social media tools can help create a more dynamic community of practice and provide an ongoing and searchable conversation to benefit others. To successfully introduce social media into a community of practice within an organization, there are several factors that need to be addressed and questions to be asked.
What are some dangers of using social media in education?
There are potential risks associated with social media use. Cyberbullying or other online conflicts (e.g., a student or staff member may experience widespread and direct public ridicule; schools with social media accounts may experience negative postings about the school).
What is a Community of Practice network?
The domain: A community of practice is not merely a club of friends or a network of connections between people. It has an identity defined by a shared domain of interest. Membership therefore implies a commitment to the domain, and therefore a shared competence that distinguishes members from other people.
Are all communities the same?
Communities are alike and different in many ways. Communities are made up of neighborhoods, or places where people live and work together. Some communities have different neighborhoods crowded into small areas. Each community uses land differently and creates neighborhoods for the people living there.
Is social media a Community of Practice?
Social media can provide the setting for an online community of practice that can support dispersed groups of volunteers and requires little daily input from administrators.
What is the importance of social networking and its place in the classroom?
Social networking platforms enable teachers to establish “back channels” that foster discussion and surface ideas that students are too shy or intimidated to voice out loud. Improve Communication Among Students and Teachers Facebook and Twitter can enhance communication among students and teachers.
What are the advantages and disadvantage of social media?
Social media can be a useful tool for businesses, bringing advantages such as engaging with your audience and boosting website traffic. However there can also be disadvantages, including the resources required and negative feedback.
How is a community of practice different from a network?
All communities of practice are networks in the sense that they involve connections among members. But not all networks are communities of practice: a community of practice entails shared domain that becomes a source of identification.
What makes a community different from an organization?
In Communities, groups, and networks, members don’t have a common goal or objective. That is what differentiate them from Organizations, Movements, and Mobs. For more on that distinction, I have an article in progress that you can find here
When do communities, groups, and networks occur?
Communities happen at the intersection of a network and a group. When the individuals of a network share a set of common belief and behaviour, a network can take on an identity.
What makes a network different from other networks?
Networks are rarely discrete, meaning the boundaries of a network are hard to define as every individual can be connected with yet someone else. As such, it is best to define networks in terms of density, as clusters. Networks exhibit another interesting property depending on the level of trust present in the individual relationships.