What is needed for a community to function

ELESIG is a community of researchers that started with a small group of universities, which grew out of eLearning Pathfinding. Elesig has identified a number of functions that distributed (online) group/community members need to fulfill. I adapted these from Rhona Sharpe's presentation to Brookes eL@B on 20/11/2008. The slides may be forthcoming.

Online Community functions:

• Welcome new members
• Share resources
• Discuss work in online environments
• Facilitate online discussions
• Present work at online events
• Provide feedback on work and presentations
• Host online events (webinars)
• Summarise discussions
• Collaborate on papers for publication
• Help with access to facilities
• Lead online group
• Join core team