From [[http://cpsquare.org CPsquare]], the community of practice on communities of practice.

... part of the technology for communities project, started off by the authors of [Digital Habitats], Etienne Wenger, Nancy White, and John D. Smith.

Project Contributing Category

(This is a template that could be used for new tools or for completing tool descriptions that have already exist.)

Contents 1 Definition 2 Video Intro 3 Uses in communities of practice 4 Polarities 5 Key features 5.1 X features 5.2 Etc. 6 Related tools 7 Tool use in combination 8 Resources

Definition

Definition goes here. Focus on describing the tool.

Video Intro

If available a video introducing the tool would go here.

Uses in communities of practice

Strong focus from a CoP perspective

Polarities

• Together / apart, Synch / Asynch:
• Participation / Reification:
• Individual / group:

Key features

X features

• Name Description
  • Uses or relevance in a community context
• Name Description
  • Uses or relevance in a community context

Etc.

Related tools

• (some other tool)

Tool use in combination

• Useful with tool X
• Useless with tool Y
• More exhaustive "straddling pages"

Resources

• About
• Examples