A community of practice (CoP) consists of individuals with shared interests who collaborate to achieve personal and group objectives, often through face-to-face and online interactions. CoPs can focus on various aspects including best practices, knowledge management, and innovation, and typically follow a natural life cycle from inception to conclusion. Members can be categorized into various roles, ranging from core team members to peripheral and transactional participants, each contributing at different levels to the community's goals.

1. COMMUNITY OF
PRACTICE
Mohammad hossein sharifi
PHD student , Ferdowsi university
April , 2023

2. • A community of practice (CoP) is a group of people who share a common concern, a
set of problems, or an interest in a topic and who come together to fulfill both individual
fulfill both individual and group goals
• Communities of practice often focus on sharing best practices and creating new
knowledge to advance a domain of professional practice. Interaction on an ongoing
Interaction on an ongoing basis is an important part of this.
• Many communities of practice rely on face-to-face meetings as well as web-based
collaborative environments to communicate, connect and conduct community activities.

3. • https://www.engagingalllearners.ca/ip/literacy-for-all/index.php?id=5
• The first community of practice supported by Alberta Regional Professional
Development Consortia (ARPD) was a group of committed K to 6 teachers
from across the province

4. WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE?

5. TYPES OF COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
Helping Communities
provide a forum for
community members to
help each other with
everyday work needs.
Best Practice
Communities
develop and disseminate
best practices, guidelines,
and strategies for their
members’ use
Knowledge Stewarding
Communities
organize, manage, and
steward a body of
knowledge from which
community members can
draw
Innovation Communities
create breakthrough
ideas, new knowledge,
and new practices.

6. Role-based Communities of Practice

7. Topic-based Communities of Practice

8. Organizing a Community of Practice
• CoPs are highly organic, and like most living organisms, they have a natural
life cycle, beginning with an idea for a new community and ending when the
community members feel the group has achieved its objectives or is no longer
providing value.

9. shows the typical life cycle of a CoP

10. COP Members

11. • Core team – The core team forms the heart of the community that will organize, charter, market, nurture,
and operate the community.
• Active – These members work closely with the core team to help shape the definition and direction of the
community’s shared vision, purpose, roles, strategies for interaction, marketing, and communications.
• Occasional – These members participate when specific topics of interest are addressed or when they have
They are often the largest group in the community.
• Peripheral – These members feel connected to the community but engage on a limited basis. These could be
newcomers or those more interested in community activities.
• Transactional – These members are the least connected to the community. They may connect only to access
CoP resources or to provide a specific service to the CoP (for example, website support).

12. • https://hbr.org/2000/01/communities-of-practice-the-organizational-
frontier