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The approach When it comes to online collaboration my interest is in the “socio-tech” side of things, so I consider three aspects. The people who are collaborating (who are becoming in some sense an online community). Their overlapping interests (the information they want to share, the initiatives they want to collaborate on). Tthe technology they will use during their collaboration. Many of my contacts come from a background of “ICT” in education or development., and this led me to use the letters “I”, ”C” and “T” as a memory jogger for my three categories. Normally (in ICT4Ed&D) the “ICT” is...

For me, the Internet is about collaboration. The past weekend has made me think about the similarities and differences regarding some of the collaborations I am currently involved with. I'm also thinking about how best to enable collaboration between those collaborations. Three collaborative groups The three collaborations I was connecting with over the weekend were, in order of the time they have been around: Kabissa, Coalition of the Willing, and Collaborators Connect. I came to Kabissa when it already had an impressive reputation and track record and I was very new to Internet enabled collaboration. I came to Coalition of...

I haven't blogged here for a couple of weeks, so a rather longer one today - giving details and context. Talking with people Tuesday - and smart phone software Wednesday - Indigo - and ICT use in Sub-Saharan Africa. Thursday - developing Dadamac.net Flexible Fridays Think Africa Press - Information sharing and visibility Culture and mobility in the Dadamac community Systems thinking around education, ICT, the Internet, and “socio-tech” Wikis, Diigo, Dadamac and tagging ICT for climate change - and other purposes - how to avoid talking past each other Conclusion 1 - Talking with people Not so long ago,...

This update from Frances was sent from rural Nigeria to the UK this morning. "Reubens, from the Congo, started work with some volunteers at Attachab this week. He has a vision of how Attachab will look that prefectly mirrors the dream that John Dada had, but so far did not know how to put into practice. In particular Reubens loves and appreciates trees and will do all he can to protect them or make use of them when they come to the end of their life. First of all Reubens has transported a large load of bamboo to the site...

This update from Frances was sent from rural Nigeria to the UK this morning. "Reubens, from the Congo, started work with some volunteers at Attachab this week. He has a vision of how Attachab will look that prefectly mirrors the dream that John Dada had, but so far did not know how to put into practice. In particular Reubens loves and appreciates trees and will do all he can to protect them or make use of them when they come to the end of their life. First of all Reubens has transported a large load of bamboo to the site...