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Fifth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT'05)
CSCL for NGO?s Cross Cultural Virtual Teams in Africa: An Ethiopian Children Advocacy Case Study against Exclusion and toward Facilitation of Expression, Innovation and Creativity
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
July 05-July 08
ISBN: 0-7695-2338-2
Rody R. Klein, Université de Savoie
Rafik Letaief, Université de Grenoble
Sam Carter, Emily Carr Institute of Arts & D.
This exploratory pilot study shows that NGO?s involved in Children Advocacy through Arts in Africa are willing to use a Groupware, meaning a Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) environment. Innovative ideas and best practices among NGOs would be shared easily worldwide. Little scientific information is available to help them make a sound choice. This study suggests that some NGOs based in Ethiopia/Africa have specific needs which should translate in specific context analysis and interface development: 1) an intercultural approach to creativity, arts and innovation, and 2) emphasis should be placed on tools to facilitate asynchronous systematic conception and sharing of intra and cross-organizations information (log book, systematic case studies forms, best practices, music/sound, picture, short movies, literature,) to facilitate continuity, synergy, creativity and innovation. Under contribution being also a problem for most online communities, human and social sciences could provide mid level design principles to improve motivation.
Citation:
Rody R. Klein, Rafik Letaief, Sam Carter, "CSCL for NGO?s Cross Cultural Virtual Teams in Africa: An Ethiopian Children Advocacy Case Study against Exclusion and toward Facilitation of Expression, Innovation and Creativity," icalt, pp.1037-1041, Fifth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT'05), 2005
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