{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2148203858","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/hicss.2008.403","title":"Social Network Behavior, Thought-Leaders and Knowledge Building in an Online Learning Community","display_name":"Social Network Behavior, Thought-Leaders and Knowledge Building in an Online Learning Community","publication_year":2008,"publication_date":"2008-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2148203858","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/hicss.2008.403","mag":"2148203858"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/hicss.2008.403","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/hicss.2008.403","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2008)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5103545072","display_name":"Jim Waters","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I72816309","display_name":"Drexel University","ror":"https://ror.org/04bdffz58","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I72816309"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Jim Waters","raw_affiliation_strings":["The School at Drexel College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The School at Drexel College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I72816309"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5103545072"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I72816309"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":7.8103,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":12,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.96810747,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"366","last_page":"366"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10162","display_name":"Online and Blended Learning","score":0.9990000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10162","display_name":"Online and Blended Learning","score":0.9990000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10636","display_name":"Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods","score":0.9980999827384949,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12028","display_name":"Knowledge Management and Sharing","score":0.9952999949455261,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3315","display_name":"Communication"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-management","display_name":"Knowledge management","score":0.6435929536819458},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/core","display_name":"Core (optical fiber)","score":0.6019815802574158},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/collaborative-learning","display_name":"Collaborative learning","score":0.5995861291885376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process","display_name":"Process (computing)","score":0.5727953314781189},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-learning","display_name":"Social learning","score":0.5274767279624939},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/learning-community","display_name":"Learning community","score":0.49779534339904785},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-building","display_name":"Knowledge building","score":0.4961744248867035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.4675534963607788},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/empirical-research","display_name":"Empirical research","score":0.45942357182502747},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/position","display_name":"Position (finance)","score":0.458393931388855},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-network","display_name":"Social network (sociolinguistics)","score":0.44693195819854736},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-network-analysis","display_name":"Social network analysis","score":0.412077933549881},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.3710763454437256},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.2236907184123993},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-media","display_name":"Social media","score":0.2230294644832611},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics-education","display_name":"Mathematics education","score":0.21761620044708252},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.11094745993614197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/epistemology","display_name":"Epistemology","score":0.10747987031936646}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.6435929536819458},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2164484","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5170150","display_name":"Core (optical fiber)","level":2,"score":0.6019815802574158},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138020889","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2349659","display_name":"Collaborative learning","level":2,"score":0.5995861291885376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.5727953314781189},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79416737","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2305519","display_name":"Social learning","level":2,"score":0.5274767279624939},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39343751","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1040098","display_name":"Learning community","level":2,"score":0.49779534339904785},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778484570","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1164468","display_name":"Knowledge building","level":2,"score":0.4961744248867035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.4675534963607788},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120936955","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2155640","display_name":"Empirical research","level":2,"score":0.45942357182502747},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C198082294","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3399648","display_name":"Position (finance)","level":2,"score":0.458393931388855},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C4727928","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17164759","display_name":"Social network (sociolinguistics)","level":3,"score":0.44693195819854736},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C114713312","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7551269","display_name":"Social network analysis","level":3,"score":0.412077933549881},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.3710763454437256},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.2236907184123993},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C518677369","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202833","display_name":"Social media","level":2,"score":0.2230294644832611},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.21761620044708252},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.11094745993614197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.10747987031936646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C10138342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43015","display_name":"Finance","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/hicss.2008.403","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/hicss.2008.403","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2008)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":79,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1021871","https://openalex.org/W105461586","https://openalex.org/W117395651","https://openalex.org/W154710724","https://openalex.org/W173648082","https://openalex.org/W180668906","https://openalex.org/W201578715","https://openalex.org/W221025439","https://openalex.org/W1503894330","https://openalex.org/W1527074389","https://openalex.org/W1533350387","https://openalex.org/W1535110649","https://openalex.org/W1537398220","https://openalex.org/W1579779783","https://openalex.org/W1580579703","https://openalex.org/W1585818825","https://openalex.org/W1587585499","https://openalex.org/W1596609868","https://openalex.org/W1658908529","https://openalex.org/W1912757261","https://openalex.org/W1971373602","https://openalex.org/W1979718176","https://openalex.org/W1983652570","https://openalex.org/W1984453541","https://openalex.org/W1987199742","https://openalex.org/W1995335938","https://openalex.org/W2012968282","https://openalex.org/W2013692519","https://openalex.org/W2014705694","https://openalex.org/W2014858765","https://openalex.org/W2028116556","https://openalex.org/W2029268339","https://openalex.org/W2040817488","https://openalex.org/W2042862726","https://openalex.org/W2051431123","https://openalex.org/W2053808766","https://openalex.org/W2055854942","https://openalex.org/W2068692228","https://openalex.org/W2076108028","https://openalex.org/W2085529605","https://openalex.org/W2090299671","https://openalex.org/W2102323443","https://openalex.org/W2107258608","https://openalex.org/W2116846405","https://openalex.org/W2120799856","https://openalex.org/W2122575992","https://openalex.org/W2133052656","https://openalex.org/W2136345557","https://openalex.org/W2142211277","https://openalex.org/W2146257737","https://openalex.org/W2149528779","https://openalex.org/W2153950266","https://openalex.org/W2158819255","https://openalex.org/W2170442106","https://openalex.org/W2267618870","https://openalex.org/W2403621886","https://openalex.org/W2604562002","https://openalex.org/W2733984352","https://openalex.org/W2909938751","https://openalex.org/W2911083650","https://openalex.org/W3172238043","https://openalex.org/W3209451673","https://openalex.org/W4236544382","https://openalex.org/W4253195313","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W6600041677","https://openalex.org/W6604263975","https://openalex.org/W6606297893","https://openalex.org/W6607384519","https://openalex.org/W6632059918","https://openalex.org/W6635611197","https://openalex.org/W6654106230","https://openalex.org/W6675337980","https://openalex.org/W6677767634","https://openalex.org/W6678369638","https://openalex.org/W6680306242","https://openalex.org/W6681080298","https://openalex.org/W6693648258","https://openalex.org/W7071483886"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2289691240","https://openalex.org/W2368649620","https://openalex.org/W2130859441","https://openalex.org/W2100379197","https://openalex.org/W2124714559","https://openalex.org/W3046823700","https://openalex.org/W2530723656","https://openalex.org/W266643889","https://openalex.org/W1877980734","https://openalex.org/W2122554453"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"paper":[1],"investigates":[2],"the":[3,15,51],"relationship":[4],"between":[5],"student":[6,40],"role-behavior":[7],"and":[8,14,46,72],"position":[9],"in":[10,23],"a":[11,66],"Social":[12],"Network":[13],"processes":[16],"of":[17,31,68,70,74],"creating":[18],"sustained":[19],"collaborative":[20,52],"knowledge":[21,53],"building":[22,54],"online":[24,33],"learning":[25,34],"communities.":[26],"Through":[27],"an":[28,32],"empirical":[29],"study":[30],"community,":[35],"we":[36],"analyze":[37],"how":[38,47],"core":[39,60],"participants":[41,61],"(thought-leaders)":[42],"interact":[43],"with":[44],"peers":[45],"this":[48],"impacts":[49],"on":[50],"process.":[55],"The":[56],"findings":[57],"indicate":[58],"that":[59],"can":[62],"be":[63],"distinguished":[64],"by":[65],"combination":[67],"patterns":[69],"interaction":[71],"types":[73],"contribution.":[75]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}