Encouraging Semantic Mediawiki use with non technical people: Difference between revisions

From zooid Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 4: Line 4:
= Overview =
= Overview =


<div style="float: right; margin: 4px">
<div style="float: right; margin: 15px">
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4027443168_879c7b7ccf.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4027443168_879c7b7ccf.jpg
</div>
</div>
Line 14: Line 14:
* Maybe used a web content management system, blog, Facebook
* Maybe used a web content management system, blog, Facebook


== What do non-technical people want ==
== What do they want ==


# to solve their problem, usually a "one of those" web site with some special requirements
# to solve their problem, usually a "one of those" web site with some special requirements
Line 25: Line 25:
== What do I want ==
== What do I want ==


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


== Types and motivations of participants==
== Types and motivations of participants==
Line 36: Line 37:
** ideally they will participate but getting them to can be difficult
** ideally they will participate but getting them to can be difficult
* '''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
** may be less receptive to wiki ideals, make it straightforward


Compare to wordpress - task driven - "Raskin vs Englebart"
<br class="cleared" />
 
= SMW vs Wordpress =
 
Compare to Wordpress - task driven - "Raskin vs Englebart"


<br class="cleared" />


= Success and failure =
= Success and failure =

Revision as of 18:12, 20 May 2010


[edit]

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
  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

  • Executive — "everyone else is doing it," inexpensive solution
    • ideally they will participate but getting them to can be difficult
  • 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


[edit]

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


[edit]

Failure

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
[edit]

Identify groups, strategies

Threaten - others are doing it, loss of leadership

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

Commitment vs follow through

Guiding

Topic leads

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

Retrieved from "https://wiki.zooid.org/index.php?title=Encouraging_Semantic_Mediawiki_use_with_non_technical_people&oldid=3215"