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Title:
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INTERSECTING COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE: MERGING ROLES ACROSS THE ACADEMIC AND BLOGGING WORLDS |
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Author(s):
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Vanessa Paz Dennen |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-55-3 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2008 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Blog, Community of Practice, Mentoring, Virtual Community. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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108 |
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Last Page:
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115 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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BLOGGING WORLDSThis paper presents a naturalistic study of an informal, blog-based community of practice, contrasting members
trajectories and positions in the online world with their trajectories in their face-to-face professional worlds. Data from
blog posts, interviews, and observation field notes are analyzed, demonstrating how the communities differ from each
other in terms of membership and relative power, and how blogging can, for some people, enhance their experiences on
the inbound trajectory of an academic community of practice. Findings show that positions in the blog community are
based on a combination of ones purported real world position and ones established role over time on the blogs.
Additionally, there is a symbiotic relationship between the communities of practice, with participants acting as
knowledge brokers across their respective communities. |
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