Creating a Virtual Learning Community with HUB Architecture: CLEERhub as a Case Study of User Adoption

dc.creator	Patrick L. Vogt
dc.creator	Ann M. Bessenbacher
dc.creator	Alejandra J. Magana
dc.creator	Ruth A. Streveler
dc.creator	Thomas J. Hacker
dc.creator	Qaiser H. Malik
dc.creator	Nataliia Perova
dc.date	2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:15:28Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:15:28Z
dc.identifier	2073-7904
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/cb7f4b6452a142979cce4fef05979e19
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/17662
dc.description	The research aim of this article is to investigate the adoption patterns of HUB platforms that create and support virtual learning communities (VLC). The adoption patterns of one particular HUB called the Collaboratory for Engineering Education Research or CLEERhub, is presented as an example of how HUBs may be used as VLCs. After explaining the affordances of the HUB architecture, the article uses two approaches to discuss the adoption of CLEERhub by users. First, the authors link the five stages of Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation model with various CLEERhub user metrics. The resultant mapping suggests that CLEERhub users are primarily in early stages of adoption. This is not an unexpected finding given that CLEERhub has been recently created. The second approach to studying adoption investigates the experience of a group of college students who used CLEERhub to aid them in completing a group assignment. A CLEERhub Usage Survey was developed and implemented during the last part of the semester to collect information about students’ experience with CLEERhub. Student reactions to CLEERhub were generally positive. After the two approaches are presented, the paper connects the approaches by speculating on how student experience (adoption approach 2) might be mapped to the five stages of Rogers’ model (adoption approach 1). The paper ends with considerations and suggestions for best practices.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Hong Kong Bao Long Accounting & Secretarial Limited
dc.relation	http://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/article/view/151/120
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2073-7904
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Knowledge Management & E-Learning : an International Journal, Vol 3, Iss 4, Pp 665-681 (2011)
dc.subject	CLEERhub
dc.subject	Diffusion of Innovation
dc.subject	Virtual Learning Communities
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Creating a Virtual Learning Community with HUB Architecture: CLEERhub as a Case Study of User Adoption
dc.type	article