# Sharing without community is just piling stuff up

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2011-02-21-sharing-without-community-is-just-piling-stuff-up

This piece argues that educational repositories need trusted communities, social curation, and regular discovery channels to make shared resources useful.

Blog post · Researchity · 21 February 2011

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Researchity (researchity-archive.pages.dev)](https://researchity-archive.pages.dev/2011/02/21/sharing-without-community-is-just-piling-stuff-up/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 21 February 2011
- Published in: Researchity
- Language: English

Topics: knowledge-sharing, research-communities, open-education, educational-resources.

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