@inproceedings{4f938d4b101147448e093f20227d1cec,
title = "Towards knowledge-sharing and learning in virtual professional communities",
abstract = "This paper describes a program of research designed to understand how knowledge-sharing and learning can be supported in virtual communities. To conduct this research, we propose the development of a series of knowledge sharing tools and procedures followed by a rigorous evaluation of the use of these tools in real virtual community environments. The paper starts with a brief examination of relevant theory in knowledge management and learning. This leads to a comprehensive set of research questions. To investigate these questions, we next propose a set of tools for supporting collaboration, knowledge sharing and learning for distributed communities. Evaluation is also a vital element of this research.",
keywords = "Best practices, Collaboration, Collaborative tools, Guidelines, Knowledge management, Professional societies, Prototypes, System testing, Vehicles, Web sites",
author = "M. Bieber and R. Goldman-Segall and Hiltz, {S. R.} and I. Im and R. Paul and J. Preece and R. Rice and E. Stohr and M. Turoff",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2002 IEEE.; 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2002 ; Conference date: 07-01-2002 Through 10-01-2002",
year = "2002",
doi = "10.1109/HICSS.2002.994242",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "2843--2852",
editor = "Sprague, {Ralph H.}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2002",
}