tailieunhanh - UNIT 1. ONLINE COMMUNITIES: A NEW OPPORTUNITY LESSON 2. ONLINE COMMUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENTNOTE

Why can online communities be a valuable resource? In this lesson you will see in which way online communities can help you in your development work. As a first step, start by looking inward at your needs. Let’s take a look at an example Creating jobs in bamboo-based products for export | Information Management Resource Kit Module on Building Electronic Communities and Networks UNIT 1. ONLINE COMMUNITIES A NEW OPPORTUNITY LESSON 2. ONLINE COMMUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT NOTE Please note that this PDF version does not have the interactive features offered through the IMARK courseware such as exercises with feedback pop-ups animations etc. We recommend that you take the lesson using the interactive courseware environment and use the PDF version for printing the lesson and to use as a reference after you have completed the course. FAO 2006 1. Online Communities - a new opportunity - 2. Online Communities for development - page 1 Introduction Why can online communities be a valuable resource In this lesson you will see in which way online communities can help you in your development work. As a first step start by looking inward at your needs. Let s take a look at an example. Creating jobs in bamboo-based products for export 1. Online Communities - a new opportunity - 2. Online Communities for development - page 2 Creating jobs in bamboo-based products for export Trupti had been working in her town on women s employment issues for 15 years. She had a deep set of knowledge which she was always expanding. One of the things she had discovered for creating jobs was bamboo-based products for export. Trupti had more knowledge inside her head about economic development in a mid sized Thai town than a library full of books. But the growth of her bamboo projects had gone beyond her knowledge and she needed help. Two years ago Trupti s organization received computers and once a week she had 2 hours of reliable connection to the Internet. Trupti started surfing the Web for information on bamboo. It wasn t long before she felt like a fire hose had hit her. There were fabulous resources. There was some absolute garbage too - sites that had no relevance to her work or had bad information. There were at least 20 programmes she wanted to contact to share ideas. But where to