Community computing and the computing community

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Michael Yohe
Keyword(s):  
Community Computing

Community computing and citizen productivity

2003 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey T. Grabill
Keyword(s):  
Community Computing

Developing Intelligent Smart Home by Utilizing Community Computing

2007 ◽  
pp. 59-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soung Hun You ◽  
Hui Jung Park ◽  
Tae Su Kim ◽  
Jung Wook Park ◽  
Uin Burn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smart Home ◽  
Community Computing

scholarly journals Supporting End User Development in Community Computing: Requirements, Opportunities, and Challenges

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Xiao ◽  
Umer Farooq
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Methods ◽  
Local Autonomy ◽  
Technical Expertise ◽  
End User ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
Pull Force ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Design Requirements ◽  
Community Computing

End user development (EUD) tools in community computing are not well-developed and typically do not take into consideration the unique characteristics of community groups such as lack of human, financial, and technological resources. Using a case study, we explore EUD in the domain of community computing. Situated in community computing context, we identify design requirements of EUD tools, demonstrate the use of conceptual scaffolds to support EUD, and illustrate the need of new evaluation methods of EUD tools. We discuss the tension between pushing EUD tools to community computing for local autonomy on technology issues and the long time practice of seeking and relying on external technical expertise. We call for research studies that address the tension and explore ways of creating and stimulating “pull” force from the community groups.

scholarly journals Sustaining Computer Use and Learning in Community Computing Contexts: Making Technology Part of “Who They are and What They Do”

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecelia Bridget Merkel ◽  
Mike Clitherow ◽  
Umer Farooq ◽  
Lu Xiao ◽  
Craig Harvey Ganoe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Design ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Community Organization ◽  
Web Design ◽  
It Adoption ◽  
Joint Effort ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
Technology Learning ◽  
Bridging Research And Practice ◽  
Community Computing

In this paper, we describe our work promoting technological sustainability among community organizations in Centre County, Pennsylvania (USA). We define sustainability as a dynamic process in which IT professionals, designers, and researchers work with community groups in ways that give them greater control over technology in their organization. Promoting sustainability involves finding ways of encouraging technology learning and planning in community groups. We report on the efforts of a community organization (CentreConnect) that works with area nonprofits to promote IT adoption and a participatory design research project (Civic Nexus) aimed at helping community groups use technology to solve problems that they think are important. We report on a joint effort to provide web design training for area nonprofits using this shared experience to consider ways of bridging research and practice when addressing sustainability in community computing contexts.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document