Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, The Sixth International Conference on, 2001
Conference_Location :
London, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-660-18493-1
DOI :
10.1109/CSCWD.2001.942312
