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== Call for Contributions == 2nd Workshop on Scientific Communities of Practice (SCooP) on June 27th 2008 at Jacobs University Bremen. http://jem-thematic.net/seminar/scoop2008

== Overview == Communities of Practice (CoPs) group people from all around the globe around a common concern, a common set of problems, which is tackled by exchanging knowledge, ideas, and expertise.

CoPs also exist in science, although scientific communities of practice are more heterogeneous than their corporate counterparts, as members come from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines. Yet, it is exactly for this interdisciplinarity that these groupings are valuable for a for deepening knowledge and learning.

In this context, SCooP aims at joining people from different fields, such as mathematics, computer science, chemistry, physics, biology etc., who share a common interest -- Communities of Practice. The workshop thus wants to facilitate the exchange of experiences and implementations, and will in particular address questions such as:

* What are scientific or educational practices in educational and scientific communities? * Can these practice be automatically detected/ collected/ or modeled? * What are implementations for CoPs? * Which features make these tools so attractive and how do they support (practices of) CoPs?

Papers (including position papers and research proposals) on the theoretic aspects of scientific and educational CoPs as well as system descriptions and demonstrations of respective systems, prototypes, and mock ups are welcome!

== Important dates == * Submission of title and abstract: May 16th (via email to c.mueller@jacobs-university.de ) * Submission of papers: May 30th * Notification of acceptance: June 6th * Camera ready copies due: June 20th (approximately) * Workshop in Bremen: June 27th

== Registration and Accommodation == * Accommodation is available on campus at Jacobs University Bremen, please contact c.mueller@jacobs-university.de for details * Registration via http://jem-thematic.net/seminar/scoop2008

== Further Links == * SCooP Mailing List: http://lists.jacobs-university.de/mailman/listinfo/project-scoop * SCooP Interest Group at http://jem-thematic.net/sig/scoop

The workshop is funded by the Joining Educational Mathematics Network http://jem-thematic.net/