Portals and Platforms: Does the technology matter when developing an online community?
Many education providers grapple with “where” to host their online education community. While many have invested significant funding and time into developing a user specific solution, others are using alternative open source software solutions that provide a just in time response. This research pape...
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| author | Broadley, Tania Ledger, S. Sharplin, E. |
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| author_facet | Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Chesapeake, VA Broadley, Tania Ledger, S. Sharplin, E. |
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| description | Many education providers grapple with “where” to host their online education community. While many have invested significant funding and time into developing a user specific solution, others are using alternative open source software solutions that provide a just in time response. This research paper reports on the importance of the engagement of an online community within an open source learning management system, presents the key aspects of communication occurring and romanticizes the notion that a user specific solution is not a necessary consideration. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-152402017-02-28T01:26:46Z Portals and Platforms: Does the technology matter when developing an online community? Broadley, Tania Ledger, S. Sharplin, E. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Chesapeake, VA open source software online communities Many education providers grapple with “where” to host their online education community. While many have invested significant funding and time into developing a user specific solution, others are using alternative open source software solutions that provide a just in time response. This research paper reports on the importance of the engagement of an online community within an open source learning management system, presents the key aspects of communication occurring and romanticizes the notion that a user specific solution is not a necessary consideration. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15240 http://www.editlib.org/p/112143/ Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Chesapeake, VA restricted |
| spellingShingle | open source software online communities Broadley, Tania Ledger, S. Sharplin, E. Portals and Platforms: Does the technology matter when developing an online community? |
| title | Portals and Platforms: Does the technology matter when developing an online community? |
| title_full | Portals and Platforms: Does the technology matter when developing an online community? |
| title_fullStr | Portals and Platforms: Does the technology matter when developing an online community? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Portals and Platforms: Does the technology matter when developing an online community? |
| title_short | Portals and Platforms: Does the technology matter when developing an online community? |
| title_sort | portals and platforms: does the technology matter when developing an online community? |
| topic | open source software online communities |
| url | http://www.editlib.org/p/112143/ http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15240 |