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Andrea Kienle, Martin Wessner
Cultivating and Supporting Scientific Communities
Scientific communities can be seen as a specific type of Communities of Practice (CoP). Models and design principles developed for CoPs can be interpreted and adapted for scientific communities. This paper contributes to the design of community platforms for scientific communities. Such a platform exceeds traditional functionalities and helps to cultivate scientific communities by providing support for applying the design principles. We base the adaptation of models and design principles on an analysis of the CSCL (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning) community during its first decade of existence (1995-2005). This analysis includes an analysis of CSCL conference proceedings and an analysis of the lists of participants and program committee members of CSCL conferences.
i-com, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag
Print ISSN: 1618-162X
Volume: 04, 02/2005
Pages: 037 - 044