Towards a methodology of virtually augmenting a knowledge sharing community of practice: A case study of the local food system of Denton, Texas
Miller, Andrew J.; Pasquini, Laura A.; Mills, Leila A.; Evans, Mark
Loading…
Permalink
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/42534
Description
Title
Towards a methodology of virtually augmenting a knowledge sharing community of practice: A case study of the local food system of Denton, Texas
Author(s)
Miller, Andrew J.
Pasquini, Laura A.
Mills, Leila A.
Evans, Mark
Issue Date
2013-02
Keyword(s)
social media
knowledge sharing
community of practice
local food system
ethnography
education
information organization
knowledge management
social computing
information systems
research methods
social and community informatics
Abstract
Observation, interviews, and a pilot study were conducted to identify requirements for social media to support knowledge sharing that will foster organization and growth of the Local Food System (LFS) in Denton, Texas. Due to lack of infrastructure, participants of this grassroots, self-organized, self-sustaining community of practice currently do not have access to physical or virtual space needed to share, retrieve, and archive LFS knowledge. Proposed system design and implementation will be based on completion of a mixed methods community study. Ethnographic techniques for a close-to-home investigation will examine how the existing LFS community operates. The goal is to design an unobtrusive LFS knowledge sharing social media site that is optimized for thoughtful archiving, accessible information retrieval, and lifelong community learning.
Use this login method if you
don't
have an
@illinois.edu
email address.
(Oops, I do have one)
IDEALS migrated to a new platform on June 23, 2022. If you created
your account prior to this date, you will have to reset your password
using the forgot-password link below.
