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Direct linkGuidry, Alicia F. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In low-resource settings, the prioritization of clinical care funding is often determined by immediate health priorities. As a result, investment directed towards the development of standards for clinical data representation and exchange are rare and accordingly, data management systems are often redundant. Open-source systems such as OpenMRS and…
Descriptors: Records (Forms), Medical Evaluation, Electronic Publishing, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Morgan, Jonathan T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The success of Wikipedia demonstrates that open collaboration can be an effective model for organizing geographically-distributed volunteers to perform complex, sustained work at a massive scale. However, Wikipedia's history also demonstrates some of the challenges that large, long-term open collaborations face: the core community of Wikipedia…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Encyclopedias, Communities of Practice, Volunteers
Kelsey, Todd – ProQuest LLC, 2011
It is often too complicated or expensive for most educators, non-profits and individuals to create and maintain a multilingual Web site, because of the technological hurdles, and the logistics of working with content in different languages. But multilingual content management systems, combined with streamlined processes and inexpensive…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Management Systems, Multilingualism, Audiences
Livingstone, Randall M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the codependencies of the social and technical structures that yield Wikipedia the website and Wikipedia the community. In doing so, the research investigated the implications of such a sociotechnical system for the maintenance of the project and the emergence of collective intelligence. Using a theoretical…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Qualitative Research, Encyclopedias, Collaborative Writing
Jones, M. Cameron – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The means of producing information and the infrastructure for disseminating it are constantly changing. The web mobilizes information in electronic formats, making it easier to copy, modify, remix, and redistribute. This has changed how information is produced, distributed, and used. People are not just consuming information; they are actively…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Development, Programming, Information Dissemination
Li, Pu – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation aims to investigate how advanced information technologies cope with the various demands of disaster response. It consists of three essays on the exploration of micro-blogging and FOSS environments. The first essay looks at the usage of micro-blogging in the aftermath of the massive 2008 China earthquake and explores the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Risk Management, Cooperation, News Reporting
