Change at Hand: Web 2.0 for Development
Inspiring Practice
London; Wageningen: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED);Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2009), 136 pp.
Contains many illustrations, glossary pp. 121-124, bibliogr. pp. 125-128, web directory pp. 130-133
Series: Participatory Learning and action, 59
Signature commbox: 70-Development-E 2009
"Web 2.0 for development (Web2forDev) is a way of employing web services to intentionally improve information-sharing and collaborative production of content for development. It is about how development actors can relate and connect to other stakeholders, produce and publish their own material, decide on levels of access to information and redistribute pieces of content released by others. This publication, a result of the Web2forDev conference at the FAO headquarters in Rome in 2007, shares learning and reflections from practice and considers the ways forward for using Web 2forDev. Eight case studies are presented and discussed. For instance, one interesting experience is the Kenyan website 'Ushahidi' (meaning 'witness' in Kiswahili) as an example of 'crowdsourcing' crisis information: people who witness acts of violence report the incidents they have seen, the incidents are placed on a map-based view on the website for others to see and in most cases are verified by local groups working on the ground. At the post-election violence in Kenya in early January 2008, local radio stations used Ushahidi as an information source. It is also expected to serve in other countries as a tool from early conflict warning to tracking a crisis situation as it evolves. A practical section called "tips for trainers" provides descriptions and links to further information ("where to get started") on blogging, twitter, wikis, social networking, RSS feeds, tagging and social bookmarking. In addition, various articles discuss lessons learnt and challenges identified." (CAMECO Update 4-2009)
I OVERVIEW
1 Change at hand: Web 2.0 for development / Holly Ashley, Jon Corbett, Ben Garside, Dave Jones and Giacomo Rambaldi, 8
2 The two hands of Web2forDev: a conference summary / Chris Addison, 21
II. STUDIES OF WEB 2.0 TOOLS
3 Exploring the potentials of blogging for development / Christian Kreutz, 28
4 Web 2.0 tools to promote social networking for the Forest Connect Alliance / Duncan Macqueen, 34
5 Promoting information-sharing in Ghana using video blogging / Prince Deh, 40
6 Mobile phones: the silver bullet to bridge the digital divide? / Roxanna Samii, 44
III. ISSUE-BASED STUDIES
7 Anti social-computing: indigenous language, digital video and intellectual property / Jon Corbett and Tim Kulchyski, 52
8 Tools for enhancing knowledge-sharing in agriculture: improving rural livelihoods in Uganda / Ednah Akiiki Karamagi and Mary Nakirya, 59
9 Ushahidi or ‘testimony’: Web 2.0 tools for crowdsourcing crisis information / Ory Okolloh, 65
10 Web 2.0 for Aboriginal cultural survival: a new Australian outback movement / Jon Corbett, Guy Singleton and Kado Muir, 71
IV. THEORY AND REFLECTION ON PRACTICE
11 Circling the point: from ICT4D to Web 2.0 and back again / Anriette Esterhuysen, 80
12 Web 2.0 tools for development: simple tools for smart people / Ethan Zuckerman, 87
13 The Web2forDev story: towards a community of practice / Anja Barth and Giacomo Rambaldi, 95
V. TIPS FOR TRAINERS
Web 2.0 tools: a series of short introductions - Blogging, Micro-blogging and Twitter, Wikis, Online social networking, RSS feeds, Tagging, Social bookmarking / Holly Ashley, Dave Jones and Luigi Assom with Jon Corbett, Ben Garside, Christian Kreutz, Kevin Painting, Duncan Macqueen and Giacomo Rambaldi, 105
1 Change at hand: Web 2.0 for development / Holly Ashley, Jon Corbett, Ben Garside, Dave Jones and Giacomo Rambaldi, 8
2 The two hands of Web2forDev: a conference summary / Chris Addison, 21
II. STUDIES OF WEB 2.0 TOOLS
3 Exploring the potentials of blogging for development / Christian Kreutz, 28
4 Web 2.0 tools to promote social networking for the Forest Connect Alliance / Duncan Macqueen, 34
5 Promoting information-sharing in Ghana using video blogging / Prince Deh, 40
6 Mobile phones: the silver bullet to bridge the digital divide? / Roxanna Samii, 44
III. ISSUE-BASED STUDIES
7 Anti social-computing: indigenous language, digital video and intellectual property / Jon Corbett and Tim Kulchyski, 52
8 Tools for enhancing knowledge-sharing in agriculture: improving rural livelihoods in Uganda / Ednah Akiiki Karamagi and Mary Nakirya, 59
9 Ushahidi or ‘testimony’: Web 2.0 tools for crowdsourcing crisis information / Ory Okolloh, 65
10 Web 2.0 for Aboriginal cultural survival: a new Australian outback movement / Jon Corbett, Guy Singleton and Kado Muir, 71
IV. THEORY AND REFLECTION ON PRACTICE
11 Circling the point: from ICT4D to Web 2.0 and back again / Anriette Esterhuysen, 80
12 Web 2.0 tools for development: simple tools for smart people / Ethan Zuckerman, 87
13 The Web2forDev story: towards a community of practice / Anja Barth and Giacomo Rambaldi, 95
V. TIPS FOR TRAINERS
Web 2.0 tools: a series of short introductions - Blogging, Micro-blogging and Twitter, Wikis, Online social networking, RSS feeds, Tagging, Social bookmarking / Holly Ashley, Dave Jones and Luigi Assom with Jon Corbett, Ben Garside, Christian Kreutz, Kevin Painting, Duncan Macqueen and Giacomo Rambaldi, 105
