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According to the community of practice theory, members of a community interact with each other to share ideas and thoughts and expand their knowledge while doing so. The communities are like a closely-knit organisation whose members maintain interpersonal relations via interactions, negotiations, coordination, and communication in face-to-face settings<ref name=":0">E. Wenger, Communities of practice: Learning, meaning, and identity, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.</ref>.

According to the community of practice theory, members of a community interact with each other to share ideas and thoughts and expand their knowledge while doing so. The communities are like a closely-knit organisation whose members maintain interpersonal relations via interactions, negotiations, coordination, and communication in face-to-face settings<ref name=":0">E. Wenger, Communities of practice: Learning, meaning, and identity, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.</ref>.

The community of practice theory functions on the assumption that knowledge sharing between the community members is in the direction from experienced members to novice members<ref>J. Lave and E. Wenger, Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.</ref>. Knowledge is intangible. Sharing it, using it or spreading it in the community does not decrease its value. Therefore, knowledge considered is a public good. Whenever knowledge is shared as a public good, there is motivation to spread it within the community due to moral obligation and reciprocity.

The community of practice theory functions on the assumption that knowledge sharing between the community members is in the direction from experienced members to novice members<ref>J. Lave and E. Wenger, Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.</ref>. Knowledge is intangible. Sharing it, using it or spreading it in the community does not decrease its value. Therefore, knowledge is considered a public good. Whenever knowledge is shared as a public good, there is motivation to spread it within the community due to moral obligation and reciprocity.

===Network Practice Of Theory===

===Network Practice Of Theory===

Here the communities are geographically dispersed, and the members may not know each other personally. The network becomes extensive as the members communicate with multiple communities.

Here the communities are geographically dispersed, and the members may not know each other personally. The network becomes extensive as the members communicate with multiple communities.