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2009
ACM
14 years 23 days ago
Motivated by information: information about online collective action as an incentive for participation
This paper describes research focused on understanding the role of incomplete structural information about online collective action systems in participation decisions. Specificall...
Judd Antin
HICSS
2006
IEEE
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14 years 9 days ago
A Case Study of a Longstanding Online Community of Practice Involving Critical Care and Advanced Practice Nurses
The aims of this study are: (1) to examine to what extent critical care and advanced practice nurses’ participation in an online listserv constituted a community of practice, an...
Noriko Hara, Khe Foon Hew
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Questions in, knowledge in?: a study of naver's question answering community
Large general-purposed community question-answering sites are becoming popular as a new venue for generating knowledge and helping users in their information needs. In this paper ...
Kevin Kyung Nam, Mark S. Ackerman, Lada A. Adamic
HICSS
2005
IEEE
115views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2005»
13 years 12 months ago
Strategies Employed By Participants In Virtual Learning Communities
This paper examines the learning behavior of online students in an asynchronous learning environment. We employ the theoretical lens of an online community of inquiry, to understa...
James Waters, Susan Gasson
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Understanding geocaching practices and motivations
Geocaching is a location-based activity that has been practiced for a number of years. As a sustained and established activity it represents an important opportunity for understan...
Kenton O'Hara