TY - JOUR
T1 - Integrate web 2.0 technology to facilitate online professional community
T2 - EMI special editing experiences
AU - Tu, Chih‐Hsiung
AU - Blocher, Michael
AU - Ntoruru, Joshua
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - This article reports on the collaborative journal review of an online professional community that was established to prepare this special edition for publication. The focus is on how Web 2.0 technology can be used to support a professional journal review community and to enhance active social interaction among reviewers. The theme of this special edition is dedicated to Web 2.0 while the entire editing and reviewing processes integrated Web 2.0 tools to accomplish the tasks through an online professional learning community. Reviewers agreed that integrating Web 2.0 technology has value to facilitate an online professional community. Issues of trust, professional relationships, and authority relationships emerged from this examination, and they should be pondered further to obtain a better understanding in building and developing a knowledge‐centered community.
AB - This article reports on the collaborative journal review of an online professional community that was established to prepare this special edition for publication. The focus is on how Web 2.0 technology can be used to support a professional journal review community and to enhance active social interaction among reviewers. The theme of this special edition is dedicated to Web 2.0 while the entire editing and reviewing processes integrated Web 2.0 tools to accomplish the tasks through an online professional learning community. Reviewers agreed that integrating Web 2.0 technology has value to facilitate an online professional community. Issues of trust, professional relationships, and authority relationships emerged from this examination, and they should be pondered further to obtain a better understanding in building and developing a knowledge‐centered community.
KW - Learning communities
KW - Peer‐reviewed journal
KW - Social annotation technology
KW - Social networking
KW - Web 2.0
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U2 - 10.1080/09523980802588634
DO - 10.1080/09523980802588634
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77958533357
SN - 0952-3987
VL - 45
SP - 335
EP - 341
JO - Educational Media International
JF - Educational Media International
IS - 4
ER -