Community Informatics Enabling Communities With Information And Communications Technologies

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Community Informatics Enabling Communities With Information And Communications Technologies
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Author : Gurstein, Michael
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 1999-07-01
Community Informatics Enabling Communities With Information And Communications Technologies written by Gurstein, Michael and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-07-01 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Community Informatics is developing as an approach for linking economic and social development efforts at the community level to the opportunities that information and communication's technologies present. Areas such as SMEs and electronic commerce, community and civic networks, electronic democracy and online participation are among a few of the areas affected. Community Informatics: Enabling Communities with Information and Communications Technologies is an introduction to the discipline of community informatics. Issues such as trends, controversies, challenges and opportunities facing the community application of information and communications technologies into the millennium are studied.
What Is Community Informatics And Why Does It Matter
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Author : Michael Gurstein
language : en
Publisher: Polimetrica s.a.s.
Release Date : 2007
What Is Community Informatics And Why Does It Matter written by Michael Gurstein and has been published by Polimetrica s.a.s. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Community life categories.
Community Informatics (CI) is the application of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to enable community processes and the achievement of community objectives. CI goes beyond the "Digital Divide" to making ICT access usable and useful to excluded populations and communities for local economic development, social justice, and political empowerment. CI approaches ICTs from a "community" perspective and develops strategies and techniques for managing their use by communities both virtual and physical including the variety of Community Networking applications. CI assumes that both communities have characteristics, requirements, and opportunities that require different strategies for ICT intervention and development from individual access and use. Also, CI addresses ICT use in Developing Countries as well as among the poor, the marginalized, the elderly, or those living in remote locations in Developed Countries. CI is of interest both to ICT practitioners and academic researchers and addresses the connections between the policy and pragmatic issues arising from the tens of thousands of Community Networks, Community Technology Centres, Telecentres, Community Communications Centres, and Telecottages globally along with the rapidly emerging field of electronically based virtual "communities."
Community Informatics
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Author : Dave Eagle
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-06-29
Community Informatics written by Dave Eagle and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-29 with Medical categories.
Community groups, social support networks, voluntary agencies and government organisations are all actively exploring the potential of the new information and communication technologies to bring about democratic development and renewal. A rich variety of social experiments in what has become known as Community Informatics is now beginning to provide useful research findings and exciting examples of innovative applications. This book sets down some of the defining features of a Community Informatics approach and some of the common themes which are emerging. In particular it considers the following issues: * sustainability * employment * community management * public service provision * partnerships of stakeholders * local learning * social support and networks. This edited collection brings together leading exponents of Community Informatics from around the world and critically evaluates their experiences.
Closing The Digital Divide
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Author : Stewart Marshall
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2003-07-30
Closing The Digital Divide written by Stewart Marshall and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-30 with Computers categories.
Successful strategies and principles for using information technology to transform regional and community economies exist, and they are presented here with clarity and insight in a way that is useful to both practitioners and researchers. Although the communities discussed here range far and wide, from those in Russia to Australia and to Kenya, any community can benefit from enhanced utilization of information and communication technologies. The ways in which technology can help improve economic, social, cultural, and political conditions are as numerous and various as the communities themselves. In Central Queensland, Australia, community leaders have brought in a high-tech expert advisory system to help them control weed infestation. New Zealand and Australia have pioneered telehealth, the exchange of health care information and the delivery of some services across great distances. In Russia, wiring a community was found to be about more than mere hardware and software; vital to the process was understanding how communities provide access to information technology, how authorities and volunteers can improve computer literacy among citizens, and how connectivity can be extended to greater numbers of people. In some areas of south Asia, nongovernmental organizations have teamed up with local governments to increase access, empowerment, and e-commerce opportunities. These are but a few of the ways this volume contributes to our knowledge base about the impact of technology on economic development.
Encyclopedia Of Developing Regional Communities With Information And Communication Technology
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Author : Marshall, Stewart
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2005-06-30
Encyclopedia Of Developing Regional Communities With Information And Communication Technology written by Marshall, Stewart and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-30 with Education categories.
"This encyclopedia provides a thorough examination of concepts, technologies, policies, training, and applications of ICT in support of economic and regional developments around the globe"--Provided by publisher.
Learning In Communities
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Author : John M. Carroll
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2009-02-24
Learning In Communities written by John M. Carroll and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-24 with Education categories.
Most learning takes place in communities. People continually learn through their participation with others in everyday activities. Such learning is important in contemporary society because formal education cannot prepare people for a world that changes rapidly and continually. We need to live in learning communities. This volume gathers together all of the scholarly materials directly emanating from a workshop held in August 2005, when a multidisciplinary group of scholars met at Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology to discuss ‘learning in communities’. Initially, a sectioned report on the workshop was published as a special section in the Journal of Community Informatics in 2006. Subsequently, a special issue of 5 full papers was published in the Journal of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, and a special section of 2 full papers was published in the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning.
Using Community Informatics To Transform Regions
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Author : Stewart Marshall
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2004-01-01
Using Community Informatics To Transform Regions written by Stewart Marshall and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with Business & Economics categories.
"Provides successful strategies and principles of community informatics to increase both social and cultural capital as a means to increased sustainability for regional communities." - cover.
Information And Communication Technologies In Rural Society
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Author : Grete Rusten
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-10-11
Information And Communication Technologies In Rural Society written by Grete Rusten and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-11 with Business & Economics categories.
Drawing on the experiences of individuals, households and businesses, this book offers an international view on being rural as information and communication technologies are applied more widely and allow people to be connected across geographies.
The Oxford Handbook Of Information And Communication Technologies
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Author : Robin Mansell
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks Online
Release Date : 2007
The Oxford Handbook Of Information And Communication Technologies written by Robin Mansell and has been published by Oxford Handbooks Online this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Business & Economics categories.
The production and consumption of Information and Communication Technologies (or ICTs) have become embedded within our societies. The influence and implications of this have an impact at a macro level, in the way our governments, economies, and businesses operate, and in our everyday lives. This handbook is about the many challenges presented by ICTs. It sets out an intellectual agenda that examines the implications of ICTs for individuals, organizations, democracy, and the economy. Explicity interdisciplinary, and combining empirical research with theoretical work, it is organised around four themes covering the knowledge economy; organizational dynamics, strategy, and design; governance and democracy; and culture, community and new media literacies. It provides a comprehensive resource for those working in the social sciences, and in the physical sciences and engineering fields, with leading contemporary research informed principally by the disciplines of anthropology, economics, philosophy, politics, and sociology.
Online Communities And Social Computing
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Author : Douglas Schuler
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2007-08-24
Online Communities And Social Computing written by Douglas Schuler and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-24 with Computers categories.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, OCSC 2007, held in Beijing, China, July 2007 in the framework of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2007. It covers designing and developing on-line communities, as well as knowledge, collaboration, learning and local on-line communities.