Web 2.0

Knowledge Management in Fractured Societies: Women’s Initiatives

Submitted by KMAadmin on 7 September 2009 - 8:14am.
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KMAfrica2009 Dakar Conference Paper

Author : Dr Michele Ruiters (DBSA, Research Unit)

Abstract

Change at hand: Web 2.0 for development

Submitted by KMAadmin on 28 August 2009 - 1:18pm.
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Group Resource

Web 2.0 tools and approaches are radically changing the ways we create, share, collaborate and publish digital information through the Internet. Participatory Web 2.0 for development – or Web2forDev for short – is a way of employing web services to intentionally improve information-sharing and online collaboration for development. Web 2.0 presents us with new opportunities for change – as well as challenges – that we need to better understand and grasp. This special issue shares learning and reflections from practice and considers the ways forward for using Web 2.0 for development.

Contents

PART I: OVERVIEW

  • Change at hand: Web 2.0 for development

  • The two hands of Web2forDev: a conference summary

PART II: STUDIES OF WEB 2.0 TOOLS

A model for community participation in African libraries to preserve Indigenous Knowledge - Betsie Greyling

Submitted by storytelling on 21 May 2009 - 10:03am.
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KMAfrica2007 Nairobi Conference Paper

A model for community participation in African libraries to preserve Indigenous Knowledge.

Author: Betsie Greyling, Senior Systems Librarian, eThekwini Municipal Library
PO Box 917, Durban, 4000, South Africa E-mail: greylingb@durban.gov.za

Abstract

The KMAfrica.com Web 2.0 KnowledgeHub

Submitted by KMAadmin on 28 February 2009 - 11:28am.
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A few people have asked about the architecture and vision of www.KMAfrica.com and so here is a short overview: The system is based on Drupal, a FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) program. The system is described as one of the most popular content management frameworks in the world with a large user community and a wide range of applications from simple websites to complex administration systems being built on the Drupal system.

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