The Collaborative Knowledge Sharing Study investigates the way that people share knowledge, experience, and technologies among friends and strangers while physically co-present in cybercafés. Preliminary results show that more than one-third of respondents reported some deeper forms of computer sharing and collaboration with friends, family members, business associates, and even strangers. And of those respondents reporting computer sharing, one-third reported gaining knowledge and learning from the other user as their primary reason for sharing and, surprisingly, only 18% sited purely economic reasons for sharing.
Research Design: Assessing impact from four complementary angles
Although our basic approach remains the same, we’re learning along the way and our thinking is evolving. This post summarizes the updates in our research design, articulated around four basic components: (1) Inventory and surveys that provide a big-picture view, (2) Focused studies of specific mechanisms through which public access impacts livelihoods, (3) An assessment of indirect and aggregated impacts, (4) A look at alternatives and complements to public access, focusing on mobile phones.
Bangladesh infomediary inception trip report
Join our photo-tour around Bangladesh to get a taste of the different infomediaries working in public access venues.
Chile infomediary inception trip report
Join our photo tour around Temuco and Concepcion to get a taste of the different infomediaries working in public access venues in Chile.
by TASCHA
Survey of public access ICT venue users and operators
We are in the final stages of developing surveys of public access ICT venue users and operators. Through this process we are finding out how difficult it is to design a survey that captures all we want to know about public access venues and users and to keep the survey under 45 minutes. Developing the surveys has been a process of trade-offs to select questions for the survey instruments.
- Alan Foo: Perhaps your study should include how we are appro...
- Arogundade Oluwasefunmi: I am really fascinated with your vision and the vi...
- Erskine: I agree that people are more likely to use compute...
- Martin-Mary Falana: Is there a way you can help us in Nigeria? Our org...
- ismael peña-lópez: Sincerest thanks for this post. I met Amy many ...
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by Michael Best, February 28, 2010
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