Comments on: Stories, networks and our practice https://wenger-trayner.dreamhosters.com/stories-networks-and-our-practice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stories-networks-and-our-practice Social learning theorists and consultants Wed, 24 Sep 2014 20:23:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.2 By: Team BE https://wenger-trayner.dreamhosters.com/stories-networks-and-our-practice/#comment-219 Wed, 24 Sep 2014 20:23:21 +0000 https://wenger-trayner.dreamhosters.com/?p=2298#comment-219 In reply to Simon.

Hi Simon. The term community of practice is really just a technical term that describes a certain kind of learning partnership among people. What these people call it can vary widely. And whether a hub acts as a community of practice or not is an empirical question. We would probably not use that term to refer to a CoP because it implies a centre with spokes. But some CoPs do have a core and many peripheral participants around that core.

]]> By: Simon https://wenger-trayner.dreamhosters.com/stories-networks-and-our-practice/#comment-218 Tue, 16 Sep 2014 11:06:34 +0000 https://wenger-trayner.dreamhosters.com/?p=2298#comment-218 Hi Both, I love your work! I have a more philosophical question. I have experience where the term “Hub”, to me, is being used in places where “Communities of Practice” should be. This misuse can lead to confusion. My observation of these so-called Hubs is that they tended toward connecting or making available resources for communities. “Hubs” seems like a strong concept in social media but have no social-science that explains them. Do you have an opinion around the concept of Hubs and how it relates to Communities of Practice? Thank you.

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