Mr. Rogers’ new neighborhood
August 11th, 2004Gary linked to an interesting article from Federal Computer Weekly entitled, Mr. Rogers’ new neighborhood. A quote:
“Communities of practice were once considered a radical concept in government, but that is no longer the case. Now feds are warming up to the idea of sharing knowledge and using such communities as forums to make it happen.
A community of practice is a place where a group of people, bound together by a common passion and interest, meet to ask questions, respond to others, and exchange ideas and information. Now advances in technology are making online communities of practice more commonplace.”
I’m not always positive about our government, especially in the way they communicate wih one another. Could there be a change on the horizon? I hope so. I’m only in the beginning of my studies on social networks, social software, and community and group learning (I’ve been looking through my library’s databases for articles to download), and I’m getting the feeling that the theories are pretty sound, but haven’t been put into practical use in the library setting on a consistant basis. I could be wrong (I hope I’m wrong!), and I know that I need to do more investigating, so don’t flood my inbox with hate notes telling me that I don’t know what I’m talking about. Heck, flood my inbox with case studies in this area. I wantto hear from you. Jenny turned me on to a few things the other day on the phone (Yes, she is alive and well), so I’ll look into that.
This is so fun for me, reading about a new medium. This reminds me of when I started to read and write about RSS….