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Cultivating virtual communities of practice in KAFKA

Cultivating virtual communities of practice in KAFKA The purpose of this paper is to present a framework for cultivating virtual communities of practice in distributed environments. The framework is based on the integration of knowledge artifacts and wearable technologies.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed knowledge artifact is based on the correlation between conceptual and computational tools for the representation of different kinds of knowledge.FindingsIn this way, it is possible to make deeper the collaboration between knowledge seekers and contributors within the community, given that seekers and contributors share, at least in part, design choices at the knowledge modeling level.Originality/valueA practical application of the framework has been described, to show its originality with respect to traditional knowledge management systems. In particular, it has been demonstrated how lurking phenomenon inside communities of practice can be significantly reduced. To this aim, opportune indexes have been defined from existing ones in literature. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Data Technologies and Applications Emerald Publishing

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
2514-9288
DOI
10.1108/dta-02-2017-0008
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present a framework for cultivating virtual communities of practice in distributed environments. The framework is based on the integration of knowledge artifacts and wearable technologies.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed knowledge artifact is based on the correlation between conceptual and computational tools for the representation of different kinds of knowledge.FindingsIn this way, it is possible to make deeper the collaboration between knowledge seekers and contributors within the community, given that seekers and contributors share, at least in part, design choices at the knowledge modeling level.Originality/valueA practical application of the framework has been described, to show its originality with respect to traditional knowledge management systems. In particular, it has been demonstrated how lurking phenomenon inside communities of practice can be significantly reduced. To this aim, opportune indexes have been defined from existing ones in literature.

Journal

Data Technologies and ApplicationsEmerald Publishing

Published: Feb 7, 2018

Keywords: Bayesian network; Knowledge artifact; Rule-based system; Sense of virtual community; Virtual communities of practice; Wearable technologies

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