Building virtual communities for research collaboration

Author

Schraefel, M.C. ; Ho, Janet ; Chignell, Mark ; Milton, Michael

Author_Institution

Knowledge Media Design Inst., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

27

Lastpage

32

Abstract

This paper discusses the problem of how to grow and evolve virtual infrastructures that support the development and growth of geographically dispersed research communities. It describes ongoing research into personalization within a collaborative environment intended as a “virtual campus”. As part of this research it provides initial reports on a project that is developing collaborative workspaces for dispersed research teams, and reviews relevant literature pertaining to the use of online collaborative workspaces to build virtual communities

Keywords

Internet; educational technology; groupware; Internet; collaborative environment; geographically dispersed research communities; online collaborative workspaces; personalization; research collaboration; virtual campus; virtual communities; virtual infrastructures; Bandwidth; Buildings; Cities and towns; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Communication effectiveness; Laboratories; Online Communities/Technical Collaboration; Scheduling; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Research Challenges, 2000. Proceedings. Academia/Industry Working Conference on

Conference_Location

Buffalo, NY

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0628-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AIWORC.2000.843268

Filename

843268