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Groups vs Communities of Practice
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Groups vs Communities of Practice
8:15 PM EDT 7/23/08
I must have missed the data somewhere -- can someone explain to me the difference between a Group and a Community of Practice? When is either most appropriate to use? I have a group that I would like to include as a Community of Practice, however, it does not appear that I can set that up at this time.
RE: Groups vs Communities of Practice
2:57 PM EDT 7/24/08 as a reply to Shirley Biladeau.
Hi Shirley,

This is a great question. It's easy to get confused because, essentially, a group is like a mini Community of Practice. It has the same features, but a CoP has a much deeper level of content, with multiple subject areas built out around one topic. It might be helpful for you to take a look at some of the CoPs that already exist on the site so you can get a better sense of them: Spanish Language Outreach, Rural Library Sustainability, and Government Information in the 21st Century are all CoPs. You can always start with a group and move toward a CoP when you're ready to build it out.

-Zola
RE: Groups vs Communities of Practice
Tags: communities of practice literacy rtm
6:22 PM EDT 7/28/08 as a reply to Zola Maddison.
Thanks Zola for the clarification.

Just wanted to let everyone know, that Idaho has added a Communities of Practice page at the top of our page -- I was trying to figure out how to send users to a single page which listed multiple communities of practice -- as that is a feature we hope to take full advantage of.

This was a trial and error experience -- by error, I created a new landing page on the top bar -- and said "wow" that's what I need and then created the links page -- linked it to our Read To Me Community of Practice Page which I placed under library services -- populations served -- children. As well placed a link on the Quick Links list to our CoP Landing Page!

This will work! We are showing it to the community who will be using it on Friday and are really excited!