Newcomer integration and learning in technical support communities for open source software

GROUP'12 - Proceedings of the ACM 2012 International Conference on Support Group Work

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 65-73

  Singh, Vandana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyber learning; Distance education; Learning; Newcomer integrations; Online communities; Open source software; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

CYBER LEARNING; LEARNING; NEWCOMER INTEGRATIONS; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

DISTANCE EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEBSITES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 84870273255     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2389176.2389186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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