Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

JANUARY 21, 2009

Through a comment on a blogpost by Nancy White I found this article about a virtual community using a discussion list (listserv) in combination with a wiki. The wiki serves as a collaborative repository. I've been advising a community where using an online discussion forum where few people had experience with a wiki.

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Wiki Community Social Media Forum 90

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

JUNE 14, 2010

Our main goal of using social media was to improve networking and aim for real collaboration between participants to take off. Beginners may be familiar with forums, or may get to know online community life through your event. However, in this case the majority wasn't actively using social media. So how can you still use social media?

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Social Media Social Networks Media Social 164

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

A discussion forum functionality is key for this purpose, other things are nice to have but often blur the decision about the forum to choose. Often there are good functionality including announcing events, hold discussions and news announce. Disadvantages: It is limited to one single simultaneously discussion.

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Social Networks Discussion Social Network Platform 102