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01.03.2008

Creating a model to examine motivation for sustained engagement in online communities

verfasst von: Kathy Seddon, Nigel C. Skinner, Keith C. Postlethwaite

Erschienen in: Education and Information Technologies | Ausgabe 1/2008

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Abstract

This paper considers factors that influenced long-term engagement in an online community. It draws on a case study of a 6 year online collaboration amongst a group of European teachers. The email interchange between these teachers was, with their agreement, saved and used as research data; intensive group interviews were also conducted, involving all the participants in the online group. Dynamic motivation models and Csikszentmihalyi’s concept of motivational flow were used to create a theoretical framework to analyse the email interchanges and group interview data so as to build an understanding of the teachers’ commitment to the online community. As a result of the analysis, the existing theoretical models were modified to produce a new combined model. This incorporates ideas grounded in the participants’ reasons for their sustained engagement in the collaboration. This combined model could provide a basis for planning future virtual interactions and for assessing their sustainability.

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Metadaten
Titel
Creating a model to examine motivation for sustained engagement in online communities
verfasst von
Kathy Seddon
Nigel C. Skinner
Keith C. Postlethwaite
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2008
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Education and Information Technologies / Ausgabe 1/2008
Print ISSN: 1360-2357
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7608
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-007-9048-2

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