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# to learn about the participatory web
# to learn about the participatory web
# to create reusable data?
# to create reusable data?
# to have more control over their own site
# to have more control over their own site but keep things simple
## usually they don't want to 'innovate,' just do what everyone else is doing
# to work with someone they trust
# to work with someone they trust


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== Types and motivations of participants==
== Types and motivations of participants==


* '''Executive''' — "everyone else is doing it," inexpensive solution
* Traditional '''executive''' — "everyone else is doing it," inexpensive solution
** ideally they will participate but getting them to can be difficult
** ideally they will participate but getting them to can be difficult
** may be more cautious about full commitment - license, security, who can access and edit
* '''Creative group''' or '''individual''' — may be inspired but needs constant guidance
* '''Creative group''' or '''individual''' — may be inspired but needs constant guidance
* ''Worker bee'' — tasked to use the wiki
* ''Worker bee'' — tasked to use the wiki
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= SMW vs Wordpress =
= SMW vs Wordpress =
* '''Wordpress''' is task drive. Forms for every day tasks.
** Everything oriented towards content management around blogging
** SEO, user management
** "Delete" content, one click
*


Compare to Wordpress - task driven - "Raskin vs Englebart"
Compare to Wordpress - task driven - "Raskin vs Englebart"
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* Commitment vs follow through
* Tangly mess


== Success==
== Success==
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# understanding of good schema design, distributed data, licensing
# understanding of good schema design, distributed data, licensing


= Techniques =
= How =


Identify groups, strategies
Identify groups, strategies
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Inspire - self empowerment, less dependence, creating, leading, "where the web is going"
Inspire - self empowerment, less dependence, creating, leading, "where the web is going"


Commitment vs follow through
Lots and lots of guiding
 
Guiding


Topic leads
Appoint leads based on interests


Profles of uses
Profles of uses

Revision as of 19:11, 20 May 2010


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Who is a non-technical person

  • Never learned programming concepts
  • Didn't realize Wikipedia can be edited
  • Maybe used a web content management system, blog, Facebook

What do they want

  1. to solve their problem, usually a "one of those" web site with some special requirements
  2. something that looks good - design is still paramount
  3. to learn about the participatory web
  4. to create reusable data?
  5. to have more control over their own site but keep things simple
    1. usually they don't want to 'innovate,' just do what everyone else is doing
  6. to work with someone they trust

What do I want

  1. promote digital literacy ­— filling out forms isn't it, stop treating computers as a typewriter
    1. reusable data under fair terms of re-use
  2. get people to consider issues of site design and how to organize information
  3. help flatten organizations and their external relationships
  4. promote transparency and co-development
  5. grow my own skills based on relevant requirements

Types and motivations of participants

  • Traditional executive — "everyone else is doing it," inexpensive solution
    • ideally they will participate but getting them to can be difficult
    • may be more cautious about full commitment - license, security, who can access and edit
  • Creative group or individual — may be inspired but needs constant guidance
  • Worker bee — tasked to use the wiki
    • may be less receptive to wiki ideals, make it straightforward


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  • Wordpress is task drive. Forms for every day tasks.
    • Everything oriented towards content management around blogging
    • SEO, user management
    • "Delete" content, one click

Compare to Wordpress - task driven - "Raskin vs Englebart"


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Failure

  • Commitment vs follow through
  • Tangly mess

Success

  1. Useful read-only resource
  2. basic editing using forms
  3. wiki markup
  4. Creating templates
  5. Creating queries
  6. Adjusting classes
  7. Creating classes
  8. understanding of good schema design, distributed data, licensing
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Identify groups, strategies

Threaten - others are doing it, loss of leadership

Inspire - self empowerment, less dependence, creating, leading, "where the web is going"

Lots and lots of guiding

Appoint leads based on interests

Profles of uses

The importance of design

  • promote the cues of Wikipedia but provide something original

Exhibit example of copying and pasting to excel using semantic web data

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