Communities of Practice offer opportunities for learning to anyone and everyone who is interested. By means of the internet, individuals are able to put there heads together and work together on topics that are meaningful to them in a fast, easy, free way!! Twenty years ago, even fifteen years ago, this concept would be alot more time consuming and costly!
Take for instance those who wish to lose weight, but want to do so with others similar to themself. Before the communities of practice with which the world wide web provides, these people who have to pay to go to a Weight Watchers Meeting or pay to see their Jenny Craig Consultant. Now, if you go on the internet, there are hundreds of free weight loss sites provided that allow individuals who are overweight, to come together and offer one another support, advice, stories, help, encouragement, etc. all without leaving their seat or opening their wallet.
Communities of practice can allow chefs in NYC to share cooking tips with chefs in Seattle Washington through online blogs. Whereas a newspaper provides general information that is generally interesting to most people, communities of practice target your number one favorite interests. Its like a search engine that returns the exact information you were hoping to find. By means of communities of practice, people have access to information that they are most passionate about, and can learn something new everytime someone decides to contribute, which by means of the technology of the web, knowlege is continuously updated throughout the day!!!
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Excellent examples. As a diabetic, I recently discovered some blogs by other folks living with diabetes and learned a lot from them!
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