What is a community of practice and what do they do?
Put simply a Community of Practice can be a group of people who share a common concern, interest or passion and learn how to do it better or improve it by interacting regularly; you may well be involved in one already without realising.
Before you start to set one up, check that one doesn’t already exist in the Faculty/University that you could utilise.
People use COPs to:
- Solve problems, share best practice, foster innovation and collaboration;
- Provide a forum where members teach and learn from each other irrespective of their position
- Be more connected and share knowledge
- Support each other
- Build trust
- Connections
- Encourages
- Empowers
- Breaks barriers
- Allows you to focus on detail
- Improve processes
Getting started
How to start setting up a Community of Practice
Encouraging participation
Engage and encourage participation
