The Modern Language Association's Language Map displays the locations and approximate numbers of speakers of the 30 languages most commonly spoken in the...
Dear Colleagues, I hope you can join us -- live online -- for a free and interactive webcast discussion on the emerging genre of live hybrid workshops and...
I am also interested in these issues as I am working on the drawing up of guidelines for online formal academic discussions at present. Thanks for the useful...
Greetings Sorry for my rather silent behavior the past weeks. Yes, the blogging competes. I still have to resolve this. If you are seeking info, check the blog...
... This triggers the reminder for me that some lists - like USENET groups, are and will always be very public. There are also degrees of privacy that can ...
... Lynda, so sorry this took me so long. My notes are below -- they reflect my increasing confusion during the presentation. My sense was Ori was basing his...
From Ori Kushnir: * Open vs Closed Communities * Open community : no disutility in expulsion, no utility in inclusion * Closed community : infinite disutility...
Am trying to create one myself but realize I could miss important items. Counting on the experience of this group. This will be for a volunteer online...
Will offer this question, Bill, feeling confident others will send you job descriptions or items to include in one: Why not dignify this position, and add some...
To get management support for an Organizational CoP program, I told them it wouldn't cost anything. But now, at the current maturity level of the program, I...
Bill, It seems to me that before dedicating more freebie time to get CoPs off the ground, it is time to see if the organization values CoP enough to fund it at...
Open Community = Usenet as just one example. Think spam, a free for all, and XXX rated postings amongst the legitimate posts. Low signal to noise ratio. ...
Hi Nancy, Thanks for sharing. At least I am not the only one who had some questions about his model. It does sound more like opinions than finding of fact to ...
Lynda, I'm new here:-) but I totally agree with your comments about online communities. The MS community I developed (it won two awards BMA and charity times-...
... I have found over the last 18 years of training that the above question seems to be an important one in many organizations. Since this is a "training"...
I think people have already talked about using blogs for resumes, but I just thought of something else. Recently, I have been reading more and more blogs by...
... This is an important insight for all facilitation: some people fail to participate because they are afraid to look bad. I've heard that fear of public...
Hi Ian and all Blogging is difficult when you are responsible for the whole blog and you want to be an expert. It is better to combine blogs with personal...
Hi all, I am seeking advice from the more experienced folks on the list regarding member names/ids for a research community. The project I am working on is a...
Context matters. Is the topic matter highly confidential? Of a nature that people might feel disinclined to share if their identity is know? Is trust and...
(A little late but I have been on vacation...) On July 6th 2004, Aboriginal Voice launched its first online dialogue on Aboriginal e-health issues. It began...
Okay, more about the project. The topic is on parenthood - specifically trying to understand the value shifts the new parents undergo around their notions of...
Hope I'm not breaking any rules, but I thought it might be of interest to some folks in here to know that Habbohotel are looking for Moderators and Community...
Hello, I'm looking for examples of online collaboration to produce some kind of creative work(s) where there was some constraint whereby completing the piece...