Virtual Community - 153 Resources

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 &#145;place&#146; 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.

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Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views	Ranking
EKF0704	IT Collaboration: Multi-Institutional Partnerships to Develop, Manage, and Operate IT Resources - Key Findings Philip J. Goldstein and Judith A. Pirani Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	06/28/2007	3,934
ECM0704	IT Collaboration: Multi-Institutional Partnerships to Develop, Manage, and Operate IT Resources Roadmap Philip J. Goldstein Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	06/28/2007	3,666
CSD2943	Learner Support Services for Online Students: Scaffolding for Success Stacey Ludwig-Hardman and Joanna C. Dunlap Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Contributions	01/01/2003	4,675
EQM0312	Learning Spaces: More than Meets the Eye Malcolm B. Brown and Joan K. Lippincott Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Quarterly	01/01/2003	5,018
ERB0315	Leveraging IT Investments: Technology-Based Partnerships and Collaborations Gary K. Allen Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	07/22/2003	6,461
ERM0853	Looking to the Future: Higher Education in the Metaverse Chris M. Collins Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	09/15/2008	3,706
ERM9667	Message from Tel Aviv re: Tips for Builders of Virtual Communities Yesha Y. Sivan Articles, Papers, and Reports	Educom Review (Archives)	01/01/1996	3,332
NCP0330	Move Over Socrates: Online Discussion is Here Laurel Warren Trufant Articles, Papers, and Reports	NERCOMP	01/01/2003	5,299
CEM9422	Moving Towards the Virtual University: A Vision of Technology in Higher Education W. Baker, A. Gloster Articles, Papers, and Reports	CAUSE/EFFECT (Archives)	01/01/1994	6,943
ERM0337	Multi-User Virtual Environments Chris Dede Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2003	4,148
ERM0823	Open to Change: An Interview with Leaders of the Open University Richard N. Katz Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	03/14/2008	2,600
ERB0717	Second Life: Reaching into the Virtual World for Real-World Learning AJ Kelton Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	08/14/2007	11,810
CSD5766	Social Isolation and New Technology Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Contributions	11/09/2009	27
EAF0560	Summary of the NMI Advanced CAMP on Virtual Organizations Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Grant Programs (CAMP)	01/01/2005	2,034
ERM9735	Telepresence in Education: Building the Universal University Ramesh Jain Articles, Papers, and Reports	Educom Review (Archives)	01/01/1997	3,890
EQM0620	The Closing of the U.S. Open University Katrina A. Meyer Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Quarterly	01/01/2006	6,500
EQM02412	The Design and Management of Effective Distance Learning Programs; Online Communities: Commerce, Community Action, and the Virtual University - Book Reviews Reviewed by Elizabeth Wellburn and Peter DeBlois Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Quarterly	01/01/2002	2,623
NLI0358	The Digital Repository Comes of Age: NLII Members are Turning Learning Objects into Knowledge Agents Patricia McGee, Wendy Rickard and Vicki Suter Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative	01/01/2003	5,464
EQM06410	The Embedded Librarian Program Victoria Matthew and Ann Schroeder Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Quarterly	01/01/2006	5,836
ECS0705	The Kuali Group: Effective Practices and Structures Foster a Successful Collaboration Bob Albrecht and Judith A. Pirani Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	09/12/2007	3,839
ERM07612	The nanoHUB: Community and Collaboration Carie Windham Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	10/19/2007	1,828
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	3,558
EPS128	The TCC Online Conference: A Global Learning Community for Teaching & Learning Bert Y. Kimura Effective Practices	Community Contributions	01/01/2003	1,317
ERM0344	The Visible Classroom Clifford Lynch Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2003	3,771
EQM05410	Using Interaction in Online Discussion Boards Margaret A. Martyn Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Quarterly	01/01/2005	5,554

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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

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NC09_48422	Virtual Focus Groups: Soliciting Information from a Distance Barbara Bolko and Reta Chaffee Presentations/Speeches	NERCOMP	03/11/2009	412
ELI07206	Virtual Learning Environments in 3D Phillip D. Long Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	03/28/2007	2,679
ELI091_169810	Virtual Worlds as Naturally Occurring Online Learning Environments Constance Steinkuehler Presentations and Seminars	ELI Meetings	04/09/2009	446
MWR0638	Web2.0 and Folksonomies: Power to the People James Phelps Presentations/Speeches	Midwest Regional	03/14/2006	2,689
EDU05034	Welcome to the Participation Age Scott McNealy Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/19/2005	3,639

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Podcasts (8)

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
Journal of Community Informatics	Matt Pasiewicz, EDUCAUSE	11/17/2004	4,118
New EDUCAUSE Constituent Groups Form: IT Communications and Virtual Worlds	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	12/12/2007	298
Second Life Speaks - Imagine the POTENTIAL!	Jeff VanDrimmelen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	02/28/2007	4,394
Second Life: My iTunes in by RL and SL?	AJ Kelton, Montclair State University	03/19/2007	5,135