Category Archives: Virtual communities

Knowledge sharing over social networking systems

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read Previous research has focused heavily on community communications as they occur in e.g. communities of practice. Still, as indicated by the concept of networked individualism, contacts are becoming more networked in nature and group membership is transient. The research … Continue reading →

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Emergence of a beautiful spiral – how to marry technology and life in designing virtual communities

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Giorgio Bertini

Read Our inquiry is based on the theory of complexity applied to education. This means that the “linear, sequential, easily quantifiable ordering system dominating education today – one focusing on clear beginnings and definite endings—could give way to a more … Continue reading →

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Innovation in Virtual Mobility

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Giorgio Bertini

According to this innovation paradigm, virtual mobility is close to such concepts as virtual reality and identity experimentalism fostered by the Internet . The Internet can actually be considered as an ‘identity laboratory, overflowing with props, audiences, and players for … Continue reading →