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
ERM0850	Virtual Worlds? "Outlook Good" AJ Kelton Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	09/15/2008	11,083
ELI7036	7 Things You Should Know About Ning Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative	04/23/2008	14,582
ERM0851	Higher Education as Virtual Conversation Sarah Robbins-Bell Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	09/15/2008	7,181
ELI7050	7 Things You Should Know About VoiceThread Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative	06/08/2009	3,929
ELI7018	7 Things You Should Know About YouTube The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative	01/01/2006	758,075
ERM0852	Educational Frontiers: Learning in a Virtual World Cynthia Calongne Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	09/15/2008	6,657
CSD5766	Social Isolation and New Technology Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Contributions	11/09/2009	26
ELI7017	7 Things You Should Know About Facebook The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative	01/01/2006	52,282
ELI7026	7 Things You Should Know About Wikipedia Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative	06/07/2007	21,433
ELI7034	7 Things You Should Know About Flickr Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative	02/15/2008	9,955
ERM08512	When Worlds Collide Richard N. Katz Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	09/15/2008	1,134
ERB0717	Second Life: Reaching into the Virtual World for Real-World Learning AJ Kelton Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	08/14/2007	11,799
ELI7025	7 Things You Should Know About Facebook II Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative	01/01/2007	17,266
ECM0803	Higher Education IT and Cyberinfrastructure: Integrating Technologies for Scholarship Roadmap Judith A. Pirani and Mark C. Sheehan Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	06/11/2008	682
ERB0815	Happy Families, Good Fences, and Winning IT Collaborations Judith A. Pirani and Toby D. Sitko Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	07/22/2008	2,557
ELI7008	7 Things You Should Know About Instant Messaging The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative	01/01/2005	22,079
ERM0823	Open to Change: An Interview with Leaders of the Open University Richard N. Katz Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	03/14/2008	2,599
ERM0853	Looking to the Future: Higher Education in the Metaverse Chris M. Collins Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	09/15/2008	3,702
ERB0818	Cyberinfrastructure and the Evolution of Higher Education Chris Dede Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	09/02/2008	2,038
ELI7028	7 Things You Should Know About Cyberinfrastructure Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative	08/20/2007	8,422
CSD4781	2007 Horizon Report Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative	01/01/2007	11,758
ERS0803	Higher Education IT and Cyberinfrastructure: Integrating Technologies for Scholarship Mark C. Sheehan Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	06/10/2008	4,994
ERS0704	IT Collaboration: Multi-Institutional Partnerships to Develop, Manage, and Operate IT Resources Philip J. Goldstein Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	06/28/2007	5,860
ELI7011	7 Things You Should Know About Virtual Meetings The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative	01/01/2006	12,326
ERM07612	The nanoHUB: Community and Collaboration Carie Windham Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	10/19/2007	1,827

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
ELI091_48119	Face-to-Facebook: The Evolution of Virtual Community in College Residences Richard Holeton Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	01/21/2009	870
NC09_48422	Virtual Focus Groups: Soliciting Information from a Distance Barbara Bolko and Reta Chaffee Presentations/Speeches	NERCOMP	03/11/2009	412
ELI091_169810	Virtual Worlds as Naturally Occurring Online Learning Environments Constance Steinkuehler Presentations and Seminars	ELI Meetings	04/09/2009	446
E08_47636	Research1: Developing an Online Community for the Sharing of Research Andre Tan Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/29/2008	419
CYB08018	Security in Virtual Organizations James Basney and Margaret Murray Presentations/Speeches	Cybersecurity Summit	05/07/2008	370
ELI08328	Building Community with Virtual Spaces Shannon Ritter Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	09/17/2008	487
ECR0702	Multi-Institutional IT Collaboration Philip J. Goldstein Presentations/Speeches	ECAR	06/12/2007	2,622
EDU07287	Using Wikipedia to Reenvision the Term Paper Andreas Brockhaus and Martha Groom Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/23/2007	2,008
ELI07102	The 2007 Horizon Report: Six Technologies to Watch Laurence F. Johnson, Cyprien P. Lomas, Diana G. Oblinger, and Rachel Smith Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	01/22/2007	3,023
EDU07215	The Pedagogy of Participation: The Conjunction of Physical and Virtual Learning Spaces Joanna S. Robinson Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/23/2007	974
EDU0137	Preparing for the Future: Predictions, Practice, and Pragmatism Diana G. Oblinger Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2001	5,975
ELI07151	A Wider World: Youth, Privacy, and Social Networking Technologies Tracy Mitrano and Anita Rho Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	01/24/2007	2,080
ELI07206	Virtual Learning Environments in 3D Phillip D. Long Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	03/28/2007	2,679
ELI07222	Concurrent Sessions on Learning Gary R. Bertoline, Enkhtuvshin Dorjgotov, Michael M. Kelly, Phillip D. Long, Jeffrey K. Sarbaum, Sarah Smith Robbins Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	03/28/2007	2,159
ECR0703	The University in a Networked Economy and Society Yochai Benkler Presentations/Speeches	ECAR	06/12/2007	3,118
ELI07130	A Collaborative Model for Piloting Instructional Uses of Web Conferencing Tools Jeffrey S. Nugent, Britt Watwood Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	01/24/2007	1,809
ELI07163	The Next Generation of Digital Learning Spaces: Exploring the Frontier of Virtual Worlds Laurence F. Johnson, Alan Levine, and Heidi Trotta Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	01/22/2007	2,530
ELI07216	*Immersion and Engagement in a Virtual Classroom: Using Second Life* for Higher Education** Sarah Smith Robbins Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	03/27/2007	2,880
MAC07067	Team Building in Virtual Worlds Heidi Trotta Presentations/Speeches	Mid-Atlantic Regional	01/18/2007	2,080
MWR0638	Web2.0 and Folksonomies: Power to the People James Phelps Presentations/Speeches	Midwest Regional	03/14/2006	2,689
NLI0211	Virtual Communities Melissa Koch, Sabine Seufert and Vicki Suter Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	01/01/2002	6,170
NLI0326	Learning Technologists: Virtual Community Practitioners Linda A. Jorn and JD Walker Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	01/01/2003	5,243
NLI0332	A Model for Online Learning Environments William E. Pelz and Peter J. Shea Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	01/01/2003	7,514
NLI0338	If You Give a Student a Computer: Managing the Growing Demand for Digital Learning Content Patrick McElroy Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	01/01/2003	6,543
EDU06310	Resource Sharing in a Self-Organizing Online Forum Shelley Henson Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/12/2006	2,051

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)	655	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)	852	01/10/2008
Phillip D. Long on Virtual Learning Environments Play \| Show Notes \| Download (23.15 MB audio/mpeg)	3,598	06/19/2007
Constance Steinkuehler Presentation on Virtual Worlds Play \| Show Notes \| Download (34.29 MB audio/mpeg)	4,348	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	298
Second Life: My iTunes in by RL and SL?	AJ Kelton, Montclair State University	03/19/2007	5,135
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	4,118

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