DocumentCode
1735426
Title
Designing to Attract Participation in a Niche Community for Women in Science & Engineering
Author
Sahib, Zina ; Vassileva, Julita
Author_Institution
Comp. Sci. Dept., Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Volume
4
fYear
2009
Firstpage
909
Lastpage
914
Abstract
It is hard to start new online communities. For every success story there are many failed attempts. Researchers from social psychology and computer science have studied what drives participation in established large-scale online communities. There are also a number of books suggesting how to design for success. We investigate whether applying design principles from theory and best practices can help to start a niche community for women in science and engineering to share their personal experiences through stories.
Keywords
human factors; psychology; social aspects of automation; computer science; large-scale online communities; niche community; social psychology; women in science and engineering; Best practices; Books; Computer science; Design engineering; Drives; Environmental management; Guidelines; Psychology; Recommender systems; Usability; communities; design; niche community; usability; user motivation; women in science and engineering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computational Science and Engineering, 2009. CSE '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5334-4
Electronic_ISBN
978-0-7695-3823-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CSE.2009.442
Filename
5283072
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