chapter introduces Tracer Study methodology‚ a cost-effective‚ capacity building tool for evaluating the operations and effectiveness of Virtual Communities of Practice (VCoPs). We make the argument that a VCoP is a dynamic‚ continually evolving entity‚ whose characteristics distinguish it in important ways from naturally occurring or purposively planned communities of practice operating in the face-toface world. As a result‚ VCoPs lend themselves to evaluation by means of Tracer Studies‚ a methodology
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This paper received all 4s on the grading rubric. I mention this so you can eval the paper appropriately. I hope it helps. Community Health Nursing Community Description and Interpretation of Data America’s Finest City‚ San Diego‚ California is located in the southern most county in California‚ San Diego County. “San Diego is the second largest city in California”‚ (Wikipedia‚ 2013). Bordered by Orange and Riverside Counties to the north‚ Imperial County to the east‚ the Pacific Ocean
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organisations have performed for the Peddie Extension area with regard to the housing delivery. Aims and Objectives of the study: Two aims and objectives have been identified for this study‚ namely to: * assess whether the stakeholders from the community are satisfied with the housing delivery process and how they have benefitted from the process. * Understand‚ and analyse the roles played by the state in housing delivery and Non-governmental organisations in service delivery for the rural poor
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My Virtual Child Assignment #5 1) One of the main activities that I believe that has promoted healthy behavioral practices and interest in physical activities is when we routinely take Jessica for walks to the park and continue to encourage her with age appropriate activities with her friends. When we take Jessica to the zoo and the park‚ she continuously asks questions and is very intrigued on why things happen. My partner and I physically interact with Jessica as much as possible. When
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adolescents as compared with diverse adult socialization agents—family‚ school‚ and community. The factors involved were teenagers ’ activities‚ preferences‚ feelings‚ and thoughts as to how they spend their leisure time‚ their preferences for help providers‚ and their sense of attachment to their community. These comparisons were made with religious and non-rehgious youngsters‚ in both rural and urban communities‚ and in gender subgroups. Questionnsdres were administered to teenagers at secondary
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passion‚ motorcycle riding. While members get to meet fellow enthusiasts‚ Harley gets to keep their attention on Harley. As it cannot compete with Japanese imports on price‚ and perhaps quality‚ Harley has to focus on its brand. HOG builds brand community and dispels the old image of Harley owners as Hell’s Angels gangs. In fact‚ Harley has been so successful in building its brand that BusinessWeek ranks it as the 44th most valuable in the world. Retaining Harley owners is clearly lucrative; Harley
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When Milena was 8 months old. Q. How does your baby’s eating‚ sleeping and motor development compare to the typical developmental patterns? It’s recommended to give solid foods to an infant at 6 months of age‚ but in my child Milena’s case she only started to become interested in them at 8 months of age. Her pediatrician recommended that Milena should eat different types of foods that are taken from our family dinners. The Doctor also recommended to ground up our table food. After the physical
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A COMMUNITY MODEL—Roland L. Warren Warren‚ R (1975). In K. Kramer and H. Specht (eds.)‚ Readings in community organization practice. 2nd. Ed. Englwood Cliffs‚ N.J.: Prentice-Hall It is the inescapable fact that people’s clustering together in space has important influences on their daily activities which give us perhaps our best clue to a definition of the community as a social entity. We shall consider a community to be that combination of social units and systems which perform the major
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What Makes a Community Prosper The word community is derived from the Latin prefix communitatus which is comprised of three elements Com meaning togetherness‚ Munis meaning exchange‚ and Tatus meaning intimate. Individuals --who are interdependent of each other-- may provide each other with sustenance‚ monetary aid‚ physical aid‚ guidance and other forms of facilitation that benefit their fellow community member. In a prosperous community‚ the only way for all members to achieve prosperity is if
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Links: ____________________ Prepared by Claire Reinelt for the Leadership Learning Community (May 2001)
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