Virtual Community - 153 Resources

Overview
Publications (85)
Presentations (55)
Podcasts (8)
Blogs (5)

Overview

1)A group of people who share a common concern, a set of problems, or interest in a topic, who come together to fulfill both personal and group goals. The group (and the social place collectively created) relies on electronic media and web-based collaborative environments as well as face-to-face meetings to communicate, connect, and conduct community activities. <br> 2)The concept of convening people in virtual space and describes a range of online activities including electronic collaboration, virtual networks, Web-based discussions or electronic mailing lists.

Publications (85)

EDUCAUSE publications address a diverse range of professional challenges in higher education IT, from updates on current developments to explorations of important overarching issues. Listed below are the full range of research, reports and other publications that EDUCAUSE and its members have written about Virtual Community.

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
NLI0532	Functional Requirements for Community-Oriented Software and Technologies Darren Cambridge, Soren Kaplan, and Vicki Suter Tools	EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative	01/01/2005	2,512
CSD5061	Five Questions...For Tom Carey Lisa Neal Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	08/16/2007	2,823
CSD3885	Designing for the Virtual Interactive Classroom Judith V. Boettcher Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	2,367
EQM0012	Virtual U: Creating the Minnesota Virtual University - Assessing Results and Readiness Criteria Ann Hill Duin and Linda L. Baer Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Quarterly	01/01/2000	4,374
EQM03411	Using Relevance to Facilitate Online Participation in a Hybrid Course Rebecca V. Frazee Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Quarterly	01/01/2003	3,987
EQM0548	If You Build It, They Will Come Cathy Riley Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Quarterly	01/01/2005	2,957
NCP0330	Move Over Socrates: Online Discussion is Here Laurel Warren Trufant Articles, Papers, and Reports	NERCOMP	01/01/2003	5,270
NLI0356	Come Together: Campuses Find the Road to Success Lined with Partnerships and Collaborations Wendy Rickard Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative	01/01/2003	5,249
CSD2546	Beyond 2000 Building the Electronic Learning Community Plans and Guidelines	Community Recommendation	01/01/1998	4,688
ERM0055	Building an Effective Online Course-Development Community Kandis Smith and Margaret Gunderson Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2000	4,585
ERM0337	Multi-User Virtual Environments Chris Dede Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2003	4,148
ERM0344	The Visible Classroom Clifford Lynch Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2003	3,769
CNC9839	Creating a Successful Virtual University David L. Eisler, DMA, Don E. Gardner, EdD, F. Ann Millner, EdD Articles, Papers, and Reports	CAUSE (Archives)	01/01/1998	4,723
CSD2797	Influence of Non-Moderated and Moderated Discussion Sites on Student Success Deborah A. Kashy, Guy Albertelli II, W. Bauer, E. Kashy, M. Thoennessen Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,958
CSD4038	Emerging Visions for Access in the Twenty-first Century Library Various Authors Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	2,647
CSD4145	What are the Differences Between Message Boards and Weblogs? Lee LeFever Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,379
EAF0560	Summary of the NMI Advanced CAMP on Virtual Organizations Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Grant Programs (CAMP)	01/01/2005	2,034
ERM9712	A Matter of Degrees: Colorado Governor Roy Romer on the Western Governors University Educom Review Staff Articles, Papers, and Reports	Educom Review (Archives)	01/01/1997	4,474
FFPIU023	Can Higher Education Evolve?: Mastering the Challenges of Change Rosabeth Moss Kanter Articles, Papers, and Reports	Forum for the Future of Higher Education	01/01/2002	2,443
CSD2927	Embedding online information resources in Virtual Learning Environments: some implications for lecturers and librarians of the move towards delivering teaching in the online environment Margaret Markland Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,848
CSD3184	The Social Shaping of a Virtual Learning Environment: The Case of a University-wide Course Management System William H. Dutton, Pauline Hope Cheong and Namkee Park, Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	3,556
CSD3186	Expected and Actual Student Use of an Online Learning Environment: A Critical Analysis Nicola Beasley and Keith Smyth Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	3,523
CSD3306	Online Learning: Social Interaction and the Creation of a Sense of Community Joanne M McInnerney and Tim S Roberts Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	3,386
CSD3421	Growing Virtual Communities Debbie Garber Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,798
ERM9735	Telepresence in Education: Building the Universal University Ramesh Jain Articles, Papers, and Reports	Educom Review (Archives)	01/01/1997	3,890

Presentations (55)

Stepping away from the distractions of normal routine to meet with peers, share experiences, and learn together can be invaluable. EDUCAUSE places great emphasis on the face-to-face meeting experience, offering you numerous opportunities throughout the year to gather with colleagues - from small regional events and special topic meetings to large, national conferences covering the full spectrum of roles and issues important to higher education. For more information on EDUCAUSE conferences and seminars, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page. Listed below is the full range of presentations EDUCAUSE and its members tagged with Virtual Community

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
NLI0432	Putting Communities of Practice to Work as Agents for Change Dale Voorhees Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	01/01/2004	3,441
NLI0349	Assessing the Effects of Virtual Communities of Practice on Professional Development Darren Cambridge and Vicki Suter Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	01/01/2003	4,257
NLI0503	Leveraging the Power of E-Learning: Taking Your Course to a Higher Level Sidne Tate Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	01/24/2005	3,009
SER0212	The Orpheus Alliance: A Composers' Forum in the Associated Colleges of the South Patricia Gray Presentations/Speeches	Southeast Regional	01/01/2002	4,625
EDU0332	Class on the Go: Want Fries with That? Tony Paustian and Ann Watts Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2003	4,137

Podcasts (8)

Name	Views	Post date
ELI Podcast: Virtual Worlds as Web 2.0 Learning Spaces Play \| Show Notes \| Download (39.03 MB audio/mpeg)	654	02/05/2008
CNI Podcast: An Interview with Julian Lombardi, Executive Director of the Open Croquet Consortium Play \| Show Notes \| Download (13.98 MB audio/mpeg)	850	01/10/2008
Phillip D. Long on Virtual Learning Environments Play \| Show Notes \| Download (23.15 MB audio/mpeg)	3,597	06/19/2007
Constance Steinkuehler Presentation on Virtual Worlds Play \| Show Notes \| Download (34.29 MB audio/mpeg)	4,345	06/19/2007
E2005 Podcast: The iPod: A Pocket Full of Learning in an iCommunity Play \| Show Notes \| Download (20.92 MB audio/mpeg)	3,519	03/17/2006
E2005 Podcast: Building an Online Learning Community for "Blended" Librarians Play \| Show Notes \| Download (23.49 MB audio/mpeg)	4,071	03/09/2006
E2005 Podcast: Building the LAMS Community Web Site Play \| Show Notes \| Download (19.28 MB audio/mpeg)	3,883	03/02/2006
E2005 Podcast: Creating Connectivity with a Portal Play \| Show Notes \| Download (23.6 MB audio/mpeg)	3,396	02/10/2006

Blogs (5)

EDUCAUSE hosts a number of blogs for its members. To view a list of all our blogs, click here.

Title	Blogger	Posted	Views
EduSpaces: saved by the bell	Catherine Howell, La Trobe University	01/04/2008	1,279
New EDUCAUSE Constituent Groups Form: IT Communications and Virtual Worlds	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	12/12/2007	297
Second Life: My iTunes in by RL and SL?	AJ Kelton, Montclair State University	03/19/2007	5,130
Second Life Speaks - Imagine the POTENTIAL!	Jeff VanDrimmelen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	02/28/2007	4,394
Journal of Community Informatics	Matt Pasiewicz, EDUCAUSE	11/17/2004	4,116

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