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Groups: 
Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR): http://aoir.org/
Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR): http://www.solaresearch.org/

Authors re social networks, social media, CoPs:
Barry Wellman
Maarten De Laat
Caroline Haythornthwaite
Anatoliy Gruzd

Motivation for participation online:

Budhathoki, N. R., Nedović-Budić, Z. & Bruce, B. (2010). An interdisciplinary frame for understanding volunteered geographic information. Geomatica, The Journal of Geospatial Information, Technology and Practice, 64(1), 11-26.

Budhathoki, N. & Haythornthwaite, C.  (preprint Dec 28, 2012). Motivation for open collaboration: Crowd and community models and the case of OpenStreetMap. American Behavioral Scientist. Special issue on wikis. Preprint published December 28, 2012 as doi:10.1177/0002764212469364.

Online Professional Communities

Falk, J.K. & Drayton, B. (eds.), Creating and Sustaining Online Professional Learning Communities. NY: Teachers College Press.

De Laat, M. (2012). Enabling professional development networks: How connected are you? Heerlen: LOOK, Open Universiteit of the Netherlands.
De Laat, M. & Schreurs, B. (forthcoming).  Visualizing Informal Professional Development Networks: Building a Case for Learning Analytics in the Workplace. American Behavioural Scientist.
 


/Caroline

Caroline Haythornthwaite
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On Mar 17, 2013, at 5:47 PM, Sandy Barnett wrote:

> 
>>  
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> I am doing PhD research on the topic:
>> 
>> “Motivations for participation in professional communities of practice on Social Media”
>> 
>> Any suggestions for groups I could join or paper s to read?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
> 
>> Sandy Barnett
>> 

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