Building virtual communities : learning and change in cyberspace /
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| Imprint: | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (xxxi, 380 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Learning in doing. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11129915 |
| Summary: | Building Virtual Communities examines how learning and cognitive change are fostered by online communities. Contributors to this volume explore this question by drawing on their different theoretical backgrounds, methodologies, and personal experience with virtual communities. Each chapter discusses the different meanings of the terms community, learning, and change. Case studies are included for further clarification. Together, these chapters describe the building out of virtual communities in terms that are relevant to theorists, researchers, and practitioners. The chapters provide a basis for thinking about the dynamics of Internet community building. This includes consideration of the role of the self or individual as a participant in virtual community, and the design and refinement of technology as the conduit for extending and enhancing the possibilities of community building in cyberspace. Building Virtual Communities will interest educators, psychologists, sociologists, and researchers in human-computer interaction. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxi, 380 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511606373 0511606370 0511040903 9780511040900 051103489X 9780511034893 0511050143 9780511050145 9780521780759 0521780756 9780521785587 0521785588 0511158262 9780511158261 0511177291 9780511177293 |