Social capital has recently emerged as an important interdisciplinary research area. It is
frequently used as a framework for understanding various social issues in temporal …

The “community of practice”(CoP) has emerged as a potentially powerful unit of analysis
linking the individual and the collective because it situates the role of learning, knowledge …

Learning Analytics has become a major research area recently. In particular learning
institutions seek ways to collect, manage, analyze and exploit data from learners and …

We presume that models and theory in instructional design inform professional practice, but
theory has not been consistently built from the professional experiences of instructional …

Social networks play an essential role in learning environments as a key channel for
knowledge sharing and students' support. In distributed learning communities, knowledge …

In recent years the role of communities in the process of learning and knowledge generation
has attracted much attention from across the social sciences interested in knowledge as a …

In this article, I examine the changing perception of craft activity since the Industrial
Revolution and explore how the social values imposed on craft processes have impacted …

This article examines the interplay between offline social capital and online interactivity in
higher education's online learning discussions. In a field study, we examine networks of …

The word “community” has such resonance—is it any surprise that educators have
embraced it as a metaphor for the kinds of learning environments we hope to develop …

To increase communication and collaboration opportunities, members of a community must
be aware of the social networks that exist within that community. This paper describes a …