社會資本和線上社群二者的結合，極具學術性和實用性。本研究的目的在於以社會資本的觀念結合線上社群的實作建置屬於國中小系統管理師、資訊組長和資訊教師的專屬社群平台。
研究過程歷經四階段，階段一在於了解社群平台使用者的工作現況及網路使用情形，期使社群平台功能的設計不會脫離實用性。階段二請國中小資訊教師針對研擬的平台功能表示看法。階段三是測試平台雛型；階段四是依照測試結果進行平台的修改。
經由四個階段所設計的國中小資訊教師社群平台雛型，共分為會員區、討論區、資訊區、研究區、出版區和連結區。會員區能使社群成員更改部份資料及觀看訂閱的主題列表。討論區提供成員互相交流討論解決問題的空間。資訊區提供資訊教育新知版面。研究區能讓社群不定期和成員進行合作研究。出版區為社群專屬出版品下載的地方。連結區可和其他線上社群進行鏈結交換。
本研究的後續研究方向為擴充社群平台功能。會員區能夠再增加會員等級及會員社群貢獻度功能。討論區增加排序功能及樹狀結構呈現方式。出版區能夠將文件整理系統整合進去。另外，也可加上線上調查、投票系統能夠協助表達社群成員意向，幫助社群凝聚共識。最後建議將所有頁面以資料庫整合，便於站內搜尋的進行。

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潘威歷，邱貴發 (2003)。ASTC社群平台功能調查 (NTNU-ICE-NLRG-2003-001)。國立臺灣師範大學資訊教育研究所網路學習實驗室。
潘威歷，邱貴發 (2003)。ASTC社群平台雛型測試調查 (NTNU-ICE-NLRG-2003-001)。國立臺灣師範大學資訊教育研究所網路學習實驗室。
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