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Summary of proposed case studies
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In this research I outline key concepts and summarise several case studies worthy of further consideration. For example, the case study of the US Army’s CompanyCommand community portal (Dixon, Allen, Burgess, Kilner, & Schweitzer, 2005) explains how army commanders use a CMS to support knowledge sharing, and professional discourse. Dixon et al. explain how they draw on CoP techniques (Lave & Wenger, 1991; Wenger, 1998), to guide them in facilitating social connections and conversations between CMS users. The work by Dixon et al. also echoes the epistemological perspective taken in the influential ethnographic studies by Lucy Suchman (1987), and Julian Orr (|1996), both important influences on practice based theories.

Case studies include - Postgraduate Essentials (University of Melbourne) - Pronett (EU)