Cultivating a community of practice: designing the TeleLearning Exchange

Author

Richards, Griff ; Calvert, Tom ; Dufresne, Aude ; Bartram, Lyn ; Hatala, Marek

Author_Institution

British Columbia Inst. of Technol., BC, Canada

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

506

Lastpage

510

Abstract

CSCW is one mechanism by which the TeleLearning Exchange Project promotes collaboration in the interdisciplinary research of the TeleLearning Network of Centres of Excellence (TL-NCE). Affiliated researchers are encouraged to share informal knowledge of their projects via three major strategies: site visits by an integration officer, a community Web repository (http://teleport.techbc.ca) and collaborative visits by students. An informal goal of the TeleLearning Exchange is to scaffold the next generation of collaborative researchers by actively involving students affiliated with the TL-NCE as agents of interdisciplinary cooperation and technical integration. The paper describes the design and development issues surrounding a Web repository tool to build a community of practice

Keywords

distance learning; educational technology; groupware; information resources; research and development management; teaching; CSCW; TL-NCE; TeleLearning Exchange; TeleLearning Exchange Project; TeleLearning Network of Centres of Excellence; Web repository tool; affiliated researchers; collaboration; collaborative researchers; collaborative visits; community Web repository; community of practice; computer supported collaborative work; informal goal; informal knowledge; integration officer; interdisciplinary cooperation; interdisciplinary research; site visits; technical integration; Collaborative work; Costs; Distance learning; Educational technology; Electronic learning; Internet; Isolation technology; Online Communities/Technical Collaboration; Space technology; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, The Sixth International Conference on, 2001

Conference_Location

London, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-660-18493-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCWD.2001.942312

Filename

942312