By James Burke on 31 January 2008

The 90-9-1 theory explains the percentage of a wiki's particpation, breaking it down as readers being the highest percent, with minor contributors composing the 9 percent and enthusiastic and active contributors composing 1 percent of the total participants in a wiki. Read More »

By James Burke on 15 October 2007

Most Web2.0 companies are measured in terms of how many registered member accounts they have and the page impressions that they create but are there other metrics that can be used to measure success? Read More »

By James Burke on 12 October 2007

John Seely Brown was interviewed by Steve Hargadon on Web 2.0 and the culture of learning - his thoughts on Web 2.0 and in particular how building blocks such as Open Source, Communities of Practice and the value of lurkers are quite illuminating. Read More »

By James Burke on 28 February 2007

This blog entry contains a series of Flash animations that are intended to provide an overview and and an introduction to Communities of Practice. Read More »

By James Burke on 25 October 2006

There are many online techniques and technologies of facilitating group communication and collaboration but which offer the most benefits for the size of the group and help with the “cohesion” of the group? Read More »

By James Burke on 13 October 2006

Any Community of Practice (CoP) takes time to emerge, develop and then subsequently flourish. CoPs are a significant organisation investment and should not be implemented for quick fixes applied in order to make short term gains. Although once implemented CoPs rapidly become an integral part of organisational life that require minimal ongoing investment to maintain, there is a requirement for clearly defined roles and responsibilities in the important early CoP days. This entry contains an overview of CoPs and introduces some potential roles and responsibilities involved in successful implementations. Read More »

By James Burke on 26 August 2006

This entry contains some bulleted thoughts on collaboration and networks for learning (primarily post 16 education) as developed and presented during a recent Foundation Degrees Forward conference. Read More »

By James Burke on 01 August 2006

Online content is all well and good but sometimes you just need a good book to sit down with and really get into a topic. Here is some great reading relating to developing, nurturing and sustaining Communities of Practice. Read More »