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Learning and knowledge in FLOSS Situated learning and organizational knowledge-conversion in community-based free/libre open source software development
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| Author | Bolstad, Sverre Helge |
| Abstract | In free/libre open source software development (FLOSS), groups of developers and users working in geographically dispersed settings are supported by a dense network of interactions. The participants are highly skilled in the use of information- and communication technologies, and build the software by relying on extensive peer production and through skillful use of communication tools available on the Internet. In building the software, explicit, formal and structured knowledge in the form of documents, objects, machines and external sources are communicated and stored in ways that make it available for others in the present and future. This knowledge make up an important resource for the members and developers of the community. Another kind, or aspect, of knowledge, often called tacit or soft knowledge, is informal, unstructured, resides in people, and are difficult, or maybe impossible, to articulate. The questions guiding this research is how knowledge, both explicit and tacit, is shared, and how a new member is able take part in the practice and knowledge of the community. The theory of legitimate peripheral participation in communities of practice describes an environment for people to develop knowledge through interaction with others in an environment where knowledge is created, nurtured and sustained. By taking part in the practice as a participant observer, through virtual ethnography, the author describes the practice and communication in this decentralized and |
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| Subject Keyword | Floss Situated Learning Organizational Knowledge-conversion Participant Observer Communication Technology New Member External Source Communication Tool Structured Knowledge Soft Knowledge Extensive Peer Production Skillful Use Virtual Ethnography Important Resource Legitimate Peripheral Participation Able Take Part Practice Describes Dense Network |
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