Epistemic Communities, Situated Learning and Open Source Software

TitleEpistemic Communities, Situated Learning and Open Source Software
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2001
AuthorsEdwards, K
Date PublishedJuly
Abstract

This paper analyzes open source software development as an epistemic community where each individual open source software project is perceived as a single epistemic community. Open source software development is a learning process where the involved parties contribute to, and learn from, the community. It is discovered that theory of epistemic communities does indeed contribute to the understanding of open source software development.

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