[Air-L] Online Communities / Online Social Communities / Virtual Communities of Practice?

[Christian Nelson]

Hey, Gerry, have you contacted the people in the Association for the  
Rhetoric of Science and Technology (http://arst.jmccw.org/) about  
these interests? I think you'd get a lot of help and interest from  
those folks.
--Christian Nelson

On Feb 10, 2008, at 3:34 PM, Gerry Mckiernan wrote:

> ***APOLOGIES FOR RECEIPT OF DUPLICATE POSTINGS***
>
> Colleagues/
>
> I Need To Tap The Wisdom-Of-The-Web ...
>
> I am interested in the Similarities / Differences of the following  
> related Web-phenomena:
>
> =Online Communities
>
> =Online Social Networks
>
> =Virtual Communities of Practice
>
> I am also interested in Any and All Significant ***Examples*** And/ 
> Or  ***Research*** about
>
>>> Virtual Communities of Practice<<
>
>>> Online Communities<<
>
> [I Have Online Social Networks More/Less Covered[:-)]
>
> BTW: I am aware of the Most Excellent Work of danah boyd [ http:// 
> www.danah.org/ ]
>
> ===NOTE: I am particularly interested in examples/research in  
> Science / Technology 'Communities' [especially Chemistry /  
> Physics ] ===
>
> ---IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE COMMENT ON THE BLOG ENTRY AT---
>
> [ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/02/ 
> similaritiesdifferences-of-communities.html ]
>
> I  Will Post A Summary Later This Month
>
> Thanks!
>
> /Gerry
>
> Gerry McKiernan
> Associate Professor
> Science and Technology Librarian
> Iowa State University Library
> Ames IA 50011
>
> gerrymck at iastate.edu
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