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FOCUS Technical Brief, No. 11 (Nov. 2005): Communities of Practice: A Strategy for Sharing and Building Knowledge

Author: National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR)

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• Published: 2005    • 4 pages   

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This FOCUS discusses the use of Communities of Practice (CoPs) as a knowledge transfer (KT) strategy. By building on its members' shared knowledge, a CoP can be useful in developing new ideas and new strategies. The issue also describes the efforts of the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR) to support a CoP for grantees of the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).

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