In the knowledge economy era, online communities of practice (CoPs) are increasingly valued as sources of valuable knowledge. While CoPs are often perceived as naturally evolving entities, there lacks a systematic theory of their development. Drawing on the autotrophic and open system properties of online CoPs, researchers highlight differences from traditional groups and propose an analogy with ecological ecosystems. Using Yin's descriptive framework and Odum's ecosystem model, an online CoP ecosystem model is developed to describe changes within these communities over time.
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Lin, Sheng-cheng, and Fu-ren Lin. "Towards an ecological perspective on the evolution of online communities of practice." Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'06). Vol. 6. IEEE, 2006.
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