Many software engineering projects use open source software tools or components. The project team's active participation in the open source community may be necessary for the...
This paper investigates the relationship between student role-behavior and position in a Social Network and the processes of creating sustained collaborative knowledge building in...
All students of the Hellenic Open University (HOU) attend undergraduate and postgraduate courses at a distance. The lack of a live academic community is reported by many as a drawb...
This work is based on the premise that online learning environments can potentially help develop communities of scholars by enabling participants to discover persons and resources...
The asymmetry of activity in virtual communities is of great interest. While participation in the activities of virtual communities is crucial for a community's survival and ...