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| 23/10/06 | | Wikipedia raids are great activities for communities of practice |
For some time now I’ve been advocating what I call ‘action-oriented communities of practice.’ The model is described here and it’s in use by a range of communities of practice. The starting point is to convene short, intense discussions around topics of interest to the community. This can be done online or face to face but should be limited to about 12 people per discussion table so everyone who attends is present. But what do you talk about?
One option is to organise a Wikipedia raid where a group of people work on a single entry in the Wikipedia encyclopedia. The community just picks a single entry related to its domain and as many people from the community that can be mustered work to improve the entry over a short period of, say, 24 hours. At the same time the community might conduct an online discussion to talk about ideas for future community actions this activity prompts. At the end of the raid the community will have improved an artefact directly relevant to its interests, worked together as a community (a bit of a barn raising activity) and developed new ideas for the future.
Here’s an example of an invitation to a Wikipedia raid.
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Thanks so much for pointing to my WikiRaid example over at http://como.typepad.com/community_mobilization/2005/10/future_study_wi.html.
Posted by: Randy at October 31, 2006 4:55 AM
No problems Randy. Let me know if you run one. Love to hear how it goes.
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Posted by: Steven Harris at November 1, 2006 2:10 PM