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autounfocus
Bill Brandon
Blog.IT
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cogdogblog
Collaborative Learning
Dale Pike
David Davies
Disruptive Technology
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EduBlog Insights
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elearningpost
elearnspace
Headshift Moments
HomoLudens
Jim Flowers
Learning Circuits
Many 2 Many
Mark Roseman
Online Learning
open-education
Seblogging
Stephen Downes
teachnology
Ten Reasons Why
Tim Lauer
SiT
Weblogg-ed
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A Networked World
headshift moments
mamamusings
tmt, tlt
McGee's Musings
Micah Alpern
Microdoc News
Powazek
Scripting News

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Connectivity
Library Stuff
Mathemagenic
Open Access News
Seb's Open Research
The Shifted Librarian
Unbound Spiral


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Friday, July 23, 2004

ASCILITE 2004 Workshop Cool, providing my paper's accepted I'll be running a half day workshop on 'Weblogs, RSS and the coming revolution' at ASCILITE 2004 in Perth, hope to see ya there (and make sure you sign up for my workshop :o) [Update: Here's the workshop outline ... c'mon... Perth, in the early summer, you know you want to!] 4:39:33 PM    comments   trackback

Wikipedia: Phantom authority, self-selective recruitment and the retention of members in virtual communities: The case of wikipedia Via David This article about Wikipedia is well worth a read! Abstract [condensed a bit] "Virtual communities constitute a building block of the information society. These organizations appear capable to guarantee unique outcomes in voluntary association since they cancel physical distance and ease the process of searching for like–minded individuals. In particular, open source communities, devoted to the collective production of public goods, show efficiency properties far superior to the traditional institutional solutions to the public goods issue (e.g. property rights enforcement and secrecy). This paper employs team and club good theory as well as transaction cost economics to analyse the Wikipedia online community, which is devoted to the creation of a free encyclopaedia. An interpretative framework explains the outstanding success of Wikipedia thanks to a novel solution to the problem of graffiti attacks — the submission of undesirable pieces of information. Indeed, Wiki technology reduces the transaction cost of erasing graffiti and therefore prevents attackers from posting unwanted contributions. The issue of the sporadic intervention of the highest authority in the system is examined, and the relatively more frequent local interaction between users is emphasized. The constellation of different motivations that participants may have is discussed, and the barriers–free recruitment process analysed. A few suggestions, meant to encourage long term sustainability of knowledge assemblages, such as Wikipedia, are provided. Open issues and possible directions for future research are also discussed." 10:15:34 AM    comments   trackback

Nothing to do with the great civil rights leader, James Farmer, but here are some links that are:

Greensboro sit-ins
Reflections
Family (with pictures)


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