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This article asks researchers of Canadian writing to reflect on collaboration as increasingly crucial to how we do our work in the context of digital environments that increasingly shape our work through their tools and resources. Scholars are in a position to help address major gaps in both online cultural content and digital infrastructure in Canada, both of which are vital to the continuing study of literature. Given the lack of a national digitization initiative and increasing government cuts, the need for high-quality Canadian web content and the interests of scholars in Canadian writing converge. The article describes the Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory as one attempt to addressing these gaps, while also outlining the substantial challenges—which are finally cultural rather than technical—associated with developing incentives to collaboration, fostering adherence to best practices, and demonstrating value in virtual research environments and the work that supports them. However, if emerging digital research infrastructures can foster collaboration, open access, and sustainability, they will make a historical difference to the cultural infrastructure and cultural memory of Canada.

Online communities (OCs) are a virtual organizational form in which knowledge collaboration can occur in unparalleled scale and scope, in ways not heretofore theorized. For example, collaboration can occur among people not known to each other, who share different interests and without dialogue. An exploration of this organizational form can fundamentally change how we theorize about knowledge collaboration among members of organizations. We argue that a fundamental characteristic of OCs that affords collaboration is their fluidity. This fluidity engenders a dynamic flow of resources in and out of the community—resources such as passion, time, identity, social disembodiment of ideas, socially ambiguous identities, and temporary convergence. With each resource comes both a negative and positive consequence, creating a tension that fluctuates with changes in the resource. We argue that the fluctuations in tensions can provide an opportunity for knowledge collaboration when the community responds to these tensions in ways that encourage interactions to be generative rather than constrained. After offering numerous examples of such generative responses, we suggest that this form of theorizing—induced by online communities—has implications for theorizing about the more general case of knowledge collaboration in organizations.

"This book identifies ways of working which leaders and employees find beneficial when co-operating and collaborating online, and develops new theories for understanding the online working environment including new ways practices for leading, new alternative possibilities of knowledge sharing and learning and insights in online collaboration"--

Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, firms and institutions have to shift to work from home to prevent the spreading of the pandemic. As a public sector, employees in government institutions also collaborate online during the lockdown. Collaboration online has been identified as a challenge for employees. While our understanding of how employees' perception and trust of the e-government is still limited. To address this research gap, this study intends to investigate the antecedents of employees' trust in e-government during their work process in the new normal. By conducting a qualitative study with 14 in-depth interviews with employees with e-government experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, we extracted several key antecedents of employees' trust in e-government. Based on the qualitative data analysis, a theoretical model of trust antecedents was proposed. Our study provides a deep understanding of the specific antecedents of employees' trust in the e-government context.

As Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) gains a broader usage as a viable alternative to traditional educational scenarios, the need for automated tools capable of evaluating active participation and collaboration among peers in online discussions increases. In this study, we validate a quantitative model of predicting involvement in CSCL chats based on student's pauses throughout the timeline of the conversation. Starting from a corpus of 10 chat conversations, our proposed model explains 55% of the variance in terms of student participation and 42% in terms of collaboration, although relying on simple quantitative indices. ; This study is part of the RAGE project. The RAGE project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 644187. This publication reflects only the author's view. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.

"This book discusses the latest findings in knowledge-intensive, collaborative environments, focusing on frameworks and solutions for improving collaboration online"--Provided by publisher

Wikiprogress and Wikigender: a way forward for online collaboration

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential of online communication technologies to facilitate university‐led transdisciplinary sustainable development research and lower the ecological footprints of such research projects. A series of case studies is to be explored.Design/methodology/approachA one year project is conducted in which a series of research tasks are carried out on an online communications platform. Findings are compared to other examples from the literature.FindingsOnline communication technology can be used to facilitate transdisciplinary research tasks, saving time, money and with less environmental impact than that of face‐to‐face meetings. However, in order for online collaboration to be successful the researchers must be very organized and have strong facilitation skills.Research limitations/implicationsThe research takes place in a North American setting. Time zone issues and access to sufficient internet technology can be a barrier in global research collaboration.Practical implicationsOnline communication technology can be a practical way to lower the environmental impact of the research process and lower the cost of collaborative meetings.Originality/valueThe outcomes of this research suggest online collaboration can play a much larger role in student and faculty research, including but not limited to online research analysis, data collection and field exploration.

Grundlagen und Strukturen der Online-Kommunikation -- Soziologie der Online-Kommunikation -- Online-Kommunikation und politische Öffentlichkeit -- Internet-Journalismus: Vom traditionellen Gatekeeping zum partizipativen Journalismus? -- Kommunikations- und medienpolitische Perspektiven: Internet Governance -- Internet-Ökonomie – Grundlagen und Strategien aus kommunikationswissenschaftlicher Perspektive -- Ethik der Online-Kommunikation -- Nutzung und Wirkung von Online-Medien -- Sozialkontakte online: Identitäten, Beziehungen, Gemeinschaften -- Informationsnutzung online: Informationssuche, Selektion, Rezeption und Usability von Online-Medien -- Unterhaltung online – Motive, Erleben, Effekte -- Online-Kommunikation als Kultur -- Digitale Spaltung -- Online-Medien und Wandel: Konvergenz, Diffusion, Substitution -- Anwendungsfelder und Funktionen der Online-Kommunikation -- Online-Kommunikation politischer Akteure -- Gesundheitskommunikation im Internet. Erscheinungsformen, Potenziale, Grenzen -- Lernen mit Online-Medien – E-Learning -- Wissensmanagement: Open Access, Social Networks, E-Collaboration -- Online Relations -- Online-Kommunikation und Werbung -- Spielen im Netz. Online-Spiele als Kommunikation -- Methoden und Datenquellen der Online-Forschung -- Methoden der Online-Forschung -- Datenquellen und Standarduntersuchungen zur Online-Kommunikation

The continued prevalence of different forms of collaborative working within public policy requires adaption in evaluation practices. In recent years evaluation toolkits, audits and guides have migrated online, but with varying success. At their worst, such tools can offer a disengaging user experience, limited coverage of issues or normative bias. This article outlines POETQ, designed to be engaging, comprehensive and methodologically robust. An overview of this approach is set out alongside an analysis of its merits. The article concludes by reflecting on the kinds of evidence that policy makers actually want to generate in relation to the topic of collaboration.