Understanding on-line community: the affordances of virtual space
Increasing numbers of on-line venues for learning are emerging as virtual communities become more accessible and commonplace. This paper looks at one particular virtual community, an on-line degree programme at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, which offers an M.S. in Library and Informa...
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University of Borås
2002-01-01
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| description | Increasing numbers of on-line venues for learning are emerging as virtual communities become more accessible and commonplace. This paper looks at one particular virtual community, an on-line degree programme at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, which offers an M.S. in Library and Information Science (called LEEP). It draws on a framework presented by Mynatt, et al. (1998), which provides a lens for talking about on-line community as a set of affordances. This framework is applied to illustrate the interactions, artefacts, and expectations that shape this community. |
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| title | Understanding on-line community: the affordances of virtual space |
| title_full | Understanding on-line community: the affordances of virtual space |
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| title_short | Understanding on-line community: the affordances of virtual space |
| title_sort | understanding on line community the affordances of virtual space |
| topic | on-line learning virtual communities degree programme program University of Illinois LEEP on-line communities community affordances interactions artefacts |
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