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ICONFERENCE
2011
13 years 3 months ago
Lifting the veil: the expression of values in online communities
Wikipedia’s stated mission is to provide a free encyclopedia that people all over the world can use and contribute to. However, while Wikipedia is successful at providing access...
Jonathan T. Morgan, Robert M. Mason, Karine Nahon
EDM
2010
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13 years 10 months ago
Peer Production of Online Learning Resources: A Social Network Analysis
This paper describes methods for collecting user activity data in a peer production educational system, the Instructional Architect (IA), and then takes a social network perspectiv...
Beijie Xu, Mimi Recker
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Understanding geocaching practices and motivations
Geocaching is a location-based activity that has been practiced for a number of years. As a sustained and established activity it represents an important opportunity for understan...
Kenton O'Hara
CSCW
2012
ACM
12 years 4 months ago
Organizing without formal organization: group identification, goal setting and social modeling in directing online production
A challenge for many online production communities is to direct their members to accomplish tasks that are important to the group, even when these tasks may not match individual m...
Haiyi Zhu, Robert Kraut, Aniket Kittur
CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
How oversight improves member-maintained communities
Online communities need regular maintenance activities such as moderation and data input, tasks that typically fall to community owners. Communities that allow all members to part...
Dan Cosley, Dan Frankowski, Sara B. Kiesler, Loren...