Collaborative electronic network building
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching - Special double issue on telecommunications
The Social Life of Information
The Social Life of Information
From MOO to MEOW: domesticating technology for online communities
CSCL '99 Proceedings of the 1999 conference on Computer support for collaborative learning
Online knowledge communities: future trends and research issues
International Journal of Web Based Communities
TAPPED IN: a new on-line teacher community concept for the next generation of internet technology
CSCL '97 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Computer support for collaborative learning
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This study examines Online Professional Community (OPC) in two projects from inside/outside perspectives. Patterns of OPC participation and differences between online and f2f communities are discussed, as are means of facilitating the development of OPC. Both projects met cyber-archaeological criteria for OPC and cyber-ethnographic features contributing to OPC are identified. The majority of participants interviewed reported feeling a sense of belonging to OPC and engaged in the construction of online identities: 'Givers', 'Takers' or 'Lurkers'. The majority of project postings were contributed by a few participants, increasing the importance of understanding the factors that influence the construction of online identity.