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Knowledge community, the Glossary

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A knowledge community is a community construct, stemming from the convergence of knowledge management as a field of study and social exchange theory.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 29 relations: Collaboration, Commodification, Community, Community of practice, Creative Commons license, Discourse community, Elium, Innovation, Interpersonal ties, Knowledge building community, Knowledge ecosystem, Knowledge management, Knowledge sharing, Knowledge transfer, Knowledge value chain, Learning community, Learning organization, Professional learning community, RIBA Knowledge Communities, Social exchange theory, Social knowledge management, Social network, Subject-matter expert, Value network, Value network analysis, Virtual community, Virtual community of practice, Virtual team, Web conferencing.

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  3. Knowledge sharing

Collaboration

Collaboration (from Latin com- "with" + laborare "to labor", "to work") is the process of two or more people, entities or organizations working together --> to complete a task or achieve a goal.

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Commodification

Commodification is the process of transforming inalienable, free, or gifted things (objects, services, ideas, nature, personal information, people or animals) into commodities, or objects for sale.

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A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with a shared socially significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity.

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A community of practice (CoP) is a group of people who "share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly".

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Creative Commons license

A Creative Commons (CC) license is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted "work".

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A discourse community is a group of people who share a set of discourses, understood as basic values and assumptions, and ways of communicating about those goals.

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Elium

Elium, previously referred to as Knowledge Plaza, is a Software as a Service used for enterprise knowledge sharing within organisations.

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Innovation

Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or services or improvement in offering goods or services.

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Interpersonal ties

In social network analysis and mathematical sociology, interpersonal ties are defined as information-carrying connections between people.

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A Knowledge Building Community (KBC) is a community in which the primary goal is knowledge creation rather than the construction of specific products or the completion of tasks.

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Knowledge ecosystem

The idea of a knowledge ecosystem is an approach to knowledge management which claims to foster the dynamic evolution of knowledge interactions between entities to improve decision-making and innovation through improved evolutionary networks of collaboration.

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Knowledge management

Knowledge management (KM) is the collection of methods relating to creating, sharing, using and managing the knowledge and information of an organization.

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Knowledge sharing

Knowledge sharing is an activity through which knowledge (namely, information, skills, or expertise) is exchanged among people, friends, peers, families, communities (for example, Wikipedia), or within or between organizations.

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Knowledge transfer

Knowledge transfer refers to transferring an awareness of facts or practical skills from one entity to another. Knowledge community and Knowledge transfer are knowledge sharing.

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Knowledge value chain

A knowledge value chain is a sequence of intellectual tasks by which knowledge workers build their employer's unique competitive advantage and/or social and environmental benefit.

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A learning community is a group of people who share common academic goals and attitudes and meet semi-regularly to collaborate on classwork.

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Learning organization

In business management, a learning organization is a company that facilitates the learning of its members and continuously transforms itself.

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A professional learning community (PLC) is a method to foster collaborative learning among colleagues within a particular work environment or field.

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RIBA Knowledge Communities

The RIBA Knowledge Communities are web-supported interdisciplinary groups designed to facilitate the capture, sharing, and application of professional knowledge related to architecture and the built environment.

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Social exchange theory is a sociological and psychological theory that studies the social behavior in the interaction of two parties that implement a cost-benefit analysis to determine risks and benefits.

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Social knowledge management is a business approach that aims to leverage the collective intelligence and social interactions of an organization’s members and stakeholders.

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A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social interactions between actors.

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Subject-matter expert

A subject-matter expert (SME) is a person who has accumulated great knowledge in a particular field or topic and this level of knowledge is demonstrated by the person's degree, licensure, and/or through years of professional experience with the subject.

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Value network

There is no agreed definition of value networks.

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Value network analysis

Value network analysis (VNA) is a methodology for understanding, using, visualizing, optimizing internal and external value networks and complex economic ecosystems.

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A virtual community is a social work of individuals who connect through specific social media, potentially crossing geographical and political boundaries in order to pursue mutual interests or goals. Knowledge community and virtual community are community websites.

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An online community of practice (OCoP), also known as a virtual community of practice (VCoP), is a community of practice (CoP) that is developed on, and is maintained using the Internet.

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Virtual team

A virtual team (also known as a geographically dispersed team, distributed team, or remote team) usually refers to a group of individuals who work together from different geographic locations and rely on communication technology such as email, instant messaging, and video or voice conferencing services in order to collaborate.

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Web conferencing

Web conferencing is used as an umbrella term for various types of online conferencing and collaborative services including webinars (web seminars), webcasts, and web meetings.

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See also

Knowledge sharing

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_community