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Lurking is Not a Static State

ID Reflections

From a community of practice perspective, lurking is interpreted as “legitimate peripheral participation,” a crucial process by which communities offer learning opportunities to those on the periphery. (p. Lurkers often have weak ties to a community but form bridges between communities.

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Co-creation

Jay Cross

The “Community&# topic turned out to cover many potential topics: collaboration. social software apps. Communities of Practice. social network analysis. My first approximation looked like this: This evening I started divvying things up among the topics. learning with peers. discussion groups and wikis.