Title: Refereed digital publication to support online communities

Authors: Frederico Figueiredo, Joaquim Jorge, Frank Hanisch, Colleen Case

Addresses: INESC-ID, Rua Alves Redol, n 9, 1000 Lisbon, Portugal. ' INESC-ID, Rua Alves Redol, n 9, 1000 Lisbon, Portugal. ' WSI/GRIS University of Tubingen, Sand 14, 72076, Tubingen, Germany. ' Schoolcraft College, Livonia Campus, 18600 Haggerty Rd., Livonia, Michigan, USA

Abstract: In this article, we examine how the international computer graphics (CG) community can be empowered by disseminating and recognising peer-reviewed educational work. Over the past years, we have developed a technical platform to support these activities. However, to move forward, we need to gather and rally the online community around it. Indeed, we require providing the social scaffolding for personal involvement and ownership to enhance the growth of the community tool. To this end, we conducted a survey in late 2005, the results of which are presented here and we discuss the actions derived and directions entailed by our latest findings. Apart from removing barriers to participation, we concentrate our efforts on adding peer-recognition through member profiles (|who|s who in CG education|) and on disseminating the different, community-borne, views on CG curricula.

Keywords: virtual communities; web based applications; refereed digital publications; educational resources; computer graphics education; peer review; curriculum development; web based communities; online communities; economic consequences.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2010.030017

International Journal of Web Based Communities, 2010 Vol.6 No.1, pp.62 - 75

Published online: 03 Dec 2009 *

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