Title :
Negotiating identity in the math forum´s online mentoring project
Author :
Shumar, Wesley ; Bach, Craig
Author_Institution :
Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA
Abstract :
Drawing on current thinking about identity, social group boundary and informational technology, the research presented in this article discusses a unique online interactive project at the Math Forum called The Online Mentoring Project. The importance of this work for digital libraries is highlighted
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; digital libraries; mathematics computing; social aspects of automation; Math Forum; The Online Mentoring Project; digital libraries; identity; online interactive project; social group boundary; Cities and towns; Computer applications; Computer science education; Educational technology; Employee welfare; Maintenance engineering; Mathematics; Physics computing; Software libraries; Statistics; identity; mathematics education; mentoring;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Libraries, 2005. JCDL '05. Proceedings of the 5th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
1-58113-876-8
DOI :
10.1145/1065385.1065502
