This paper is to demonstrate the results of a part of a research project, CHELER, on the
community-based Chinese heritage language schools in the United States. It will focus on knowledge collection, classification and dissemination through the building of databases and an online resource hub for Chinese American communities which spread throughout the United States. The CHELER website features a directory of Chinese heritage schools (CHS), program profiles of CHSs, and commercially published Chinese materials and online Chinese resources as a way to disseminate information collected and analyzed. It will also discuss the collaboration among various sectors such as university, private sector, national and community-based non-profit organizations, research organizations, to build a hub for information sharing and knowledge community development. Future direction for the sustainability of such a resource hub will be discussed in the end.
本文旨在報告美國華裔的社區中文學校概況及華文教育教材和網路資源蒐集、分類、整合、與傳播之研究成果。根據知識創新的架構﹐本文討論研究計劃中資訊和資源的收集與合成﹐資料知識的分析與整理分類﹐和配合網站建構與社群團體互動的知識的傳播。研究方法是藉各種資源﹐透過大學的研究團隊努力﹐域區和全美的中文學校聯合會的組織力量﹐全美國各地中文學校的人脈﹐社區華人領袖的支持﹐個別校長、教師、和家長的參與所發展的中學校﹐以網上問卷﹐電話追蹤訪問和網上資源搜尋等形式來收集資料而創建資料庫和資源中心。知識傳播則靠網上可搜尋的中文學校資料庫與中文教材資料庫﹐和華
文數位教學的資源中心的建構及知識社群的互動。文中亦探討全美中文學校的特性及將來此知識社群網站的發展。
