Learning in the network form: implications for electronic group support

The paper uses an interpretivist research strategy to investigate learning in the network form of organisation. It considers the use of an electronic communication system supporting a distributed work process to explore an evolving electronic social space. A cognitive perspective on learning is used to identify patterns of behaviour that emerge on the electronic group meetings of a network form, COMNET-IT. Following an analysis of the behaviours, the paper concludes with a discussion of the implications electronic group support may have for learning