Understanding Communities of Practice to Support Collaborative Research

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Author(s): José Cordoba (University of Hull, UK)and Wendy Robson (University of Hull, UK)
Copyright: 2006
Pages: 7
Source title: Encyclopedia of Communities of Practice in Information and Knowledge Management
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Elayne Coakes (University of Westminster, UK)and Steve Clarke (University of Hull Business School, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-556-6.ch093

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Media & Communications / Social Computing / Virtual Communities & Virtual Reality

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In this article, we present an overview of the relationship between communities of practice and collaborative research. We relate this to an observation of how information technologies could be used as a tool for cultivating research communities of practice. Our aim is to explore similarities between research as an activity developed and supported by communities and the concepts that have been developed by advocates of communities of practice. We focus our attention on research in the social sciences and how it can be improved with the support of community-enabling technologies.

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