Linked Data promises access to a vast amount of resources for learners and teachers. Various research projects have focused on providing educational resources as Linked Data. In many of these projects the focus has been on interoperability of metadata and on linking them into the linked data cloud. In this paper we focus on the community aspect. We start from the observation that sharing data i...

Open source software (OSS) development has received considerable attention in the literature (Fitzgerald 2006). Projects developed within the OSS community have enjoyed tremendous success and for-profit organizations are keen to tap into this significant pool of software development talent (Chesbrough 2003; Feller et al. 2008). Examples include Netscape, IBM, MySQL, JBoss and Google (MacCormack...

ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY CONTROLLED health services (ACCHSs) across Australia are supported by predominantly non-Indigenous doctors. As of 2005, there were between eight and ten Indigenous doctors working in ACCHSs. For many non-Indigenous doctors, working in an Aboriginal health service has been a choice to do something different and to try to make a difference. One of us (K S P) moved to Townsvil...

Complex networks exist in a wide array of diverse domains, ranging from biology, sociology, and computer science. These real-world networks, while disparate in nature, often comprise of a set of loose clusters(a.k.a communities), whose members are better connected to each other than to the rest of the network. Discovering such inherent community structures can lead to deeper understanding about...

In this article, we advocate a new approach in theory development by translating and synthesizing insights from multiple social science theories in an agent-based model to understand challenges in building online communities. To demonstrate the utility of this approach, we use it to examine the effects of three types of discussion moderation in conversation-based communities: no moderation, in ...

Abstract After the re-introduction of multiparty system governance in Malawi 1993, ethnic associations have become popular for mobilising and re-asserting identity. Some most notable are Chewa Heritage Foundation, Mulhakho wa Alhomwe, Mzimba Association. These mainly claim that their establishment is to promote preserve culture while some go further add they also aim at facilitating socio-econo...

Abstract Online communities, socio-technical systems where people interact with others, depend on new members coming to the community. While majority of research in online communities relation recruitment has focused members’ socialization and retention, little work how potential who are not yet a member community make decision whether they willing join To understand this initial process, we in...