Blogs and Communities of Practice

Michael Feldstein's e-Literate Blog put me on to this article on Blogs and CoPs. "Experience seems to show that weblogs are proving far more effective in creating meaningful interpersonal connections than centralized community spaces on the web. "

Blogs:
- are more respectful of their authors and of their audience
- are better connecting tools
- are better social structures for problem-solving, knowledge stewarding and innovation

Communities
- are better social structures for problem-solving, knowledge stewarding and innovation
- are better social structures for learning

Blogger networks
- generate communities of practice

Communities of Practice
- can use weblogs to communicate with the outside world.