Shaw, Jill and Woodthorpe, John
(2009).
fOUndIt? Sharing online resources to support subject communities.
In: 7th International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications: EISTA 2009, 10-13 July 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA.
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Abstract
This article reports an interview and questionnaire survey investigating students' participation in subject communities via fOUndit, a tool for sharing links to online resources. Harking back to Tim Berners-Lee's vision of the role of the Web as 'a tool for furthering serious research communications between scientific researchers' [1] this research investigates how students might use the Web to share online resources and support each other in an online subject community. The views of group of Level 1 Technology students were gathered on their use of fOUndit as part of integral course activities, focusing on their thoughts on whether the facility supported them as part of a community, and if they would continue using the facility. These issues regarding how students use such a facility and their views on identity and community are explored, followed by recommendations for further research.
| Item Type: |
Conference Item
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| Copyright Holders: |
International Institute of Informatics and Systemics |
| Funders: |
Centre for Open Learning of Mathematics, Science, Computing and Technology (COLMSCT), The Open University, |
| Keywords: |
e-learning; Web-based resources; Subject communities; Social context; Assessment; Information literacy; |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Mathematics, Computing and Technology > Communication and Systems |
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| Item ID: |
17844 |
| Depositing User: |
John Woodthorpe
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| Date Deposited: |
30 Jul 2009 11:08 |
| Last Modified: |
26 Oct 2012 06:56 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/17844 |
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