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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 (5)

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.

Podcasts (8)

Name Views Post datesort icon
ELI Podcast: Virtual Worlds as Web 2.0 Learning Spaces
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655 02/05/2008
CNI Podcast: An Interview with Julian Lombardi, Executive Director of the Open Croquet Consortium
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853 01/10/2008
Phillip D. Long on Virtual Learning Environments
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3,598 06/19/2007
Constance Steinkuehler Presentation on Virtual Worlds
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4,348 06/19/2007
E2005 Podcast: The iPod: A Pocket Full of Learning in an iCommunity
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3,521 03/17/2006
E2005 Podcast: Building an Online Learning Community for "Blended" Librarians
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4,071 03/09/2006
E2005 Podcast: Building the LAMS Community Web Site
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3,883 03/02/2006
E2005 Podcast: Creating Connectivity with a Portal
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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 Postedsort icon 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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