Establishing and maintaining an online community of academics: longitudinal evaluation of a virtual conference series
Initiated in 1996, the CybErg international conference series is the only online conference series in the field of ergonomics. Using virtual settlement theory and a model of online community evolution, this article reports on a 12-year longitudinal investigation of the five conferences in the confer...
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| author | Thatcher, A. Straker, Leon Pollock, Clare |
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| description | Initiated in 1996, the CybErg international conference series is the only online conference series in the field of ergonomics. Using virtual settlement theory and a model of online community evolution, this article reports on a 12-year longitudinal investigation of the five conferences in the conference series and whether they have been effective in establishing an online academic community and in internationalising the dissemination of knowledge and dialogue of this online community. The results suggest that the conference series is indeed a good example of an online community in an engaged state and has been largely successful in encouraging equality in the international distribution of contributors. This article concludes with new possibilities to enhance the conduct, knowledge production, dialogue, and processes of future online academic conferences. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-129352017-09-13T15:54:45Z Establishing and maintaining an online community of academics: longitudinal evaluation of a virtual conference series Thatcher, A. Straker, Leon Pollock, Clare virtual settlement theory online conferencing online community evolution knowledge transfer computer-supported cooperative work collaboration engagement Initiated in 1996, the CybErg international conference series is the only online conference series in the field of ergonomics. Using virtual settlement theory and a model of online community evolution, this article reports on a 12-year longitudinal investigation of the five conferences in the conference series and whether they have been effective in establishing an online academic community and in internationalising the dissemination of knowledge and dialogue of this online community. The results suggest that the conference series is indeed a good example of an online community in an engaged state and has been largely successful in encouraging equality in the international distribution of contributors. This article concludes with new possibilities to enhance the conduct, knowledge production, dialogue, and processes of future online academic conferences. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12935 10.1504/IJWBC.2011.038129 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd restricted |
| spellingShingle | virtual settlement theory online conferencing online community evolution knowledge transfer computer-supported cooperative work collaboration engagement Thatcher, A. Straker, Leon Pollock, Clare Establishing and maintaining an online community of academics: longitudinal evaluation of a virtual conference series |
| title | Establishing and maintaining an online community of academics: longitudinal evaluation of a virtual conference series |
| title_full | Establishing and maintaining an online community of academics: longitudinal evaluation of a virtual conference series |
| title_fullStr | Establishing and maintaining an online community of academics: longitudinal evaluation of a virtual conference series |
| title_full_unstemmed | Establishing and maintaining an online community of academics: longitudinal evaluation of a virtual conference series |
| title_short | Establishing and maintaining an online community of academics: longitudinal evaluation of a virtual conference series |
| title_sort | establishing and maintaining an online community of academics: longitudinal evaluation of a virtual conference series |
| topic | virtual settlement theory online conferencing online community evolution knowledge transfer computer-supported cooperative work collaboration engagement |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12935 |