The Web Economy/Collaborative Community

Resource type: this resource is a course.

Educational level: this is a tertiary (university) resource.

Collaborative Community

This is a lesson part of the module The Web Economy out of the Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma course conducted by a private university.

Topics

• The Web allows virtual community to form across borders. The smartest person can be in the same room. Much ineffiency of meetings are dispensed with.
• Forums and trackers in mailing lists can track down activity efficiently saving time and magnify activity that was never possible.
• Small teams and little steps could overcome large established products.
• The Long Tail has no overhead in the era of wikinomics.

Assignment Tasks

• What must a community possess in order to thrive? Compare the example of Nupedia and Wikipedia.
• How can individuals benefit from joining such a community?
• How can you become more better off working in a community or outside it?

Activities

• Publish your works in an attractive manner in your user page, stating your own views and findings providing links to your sources. Use the talk page here to score marks.
• Create or edit sub-pages of course materials within wikiversity.
• Discuss in the forum (link shall be provided) by offering your ideas and answering or comment on others' postings.

Links to Student Notes

(Provided by Students - subject to edit ranking by tutor)

Notable Links to Resources

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Sub-Pages

(Done in wikiversity as course material by the students under the guidance of the tutor)