Fostering participation in an online intellectual community in a graduate educational setting: A case study

Proceedings of the 2009 4th International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services, ICIW 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 254-260

  Firpo, Daniel Raymond Tŕ Dǎng ^a   Kasemvilas, Sumonta ^a   Ractham, Peter ^a   Zhang, Xuesong ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community building; Design science; Online community; Participation; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY BUILDING; DESIGN SCIENCE; ONLINE COMMUNITY; PARTICIPATION; WEB 2.0;

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; INTERNET; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 70349756626     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIW.2009.43     Document Type: Conference Paper

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