Web 2.0 solutions for rural areas
Rural areas in developing countries are confronted by many challenges when it comes to information access and participation in knowledge networks. Since its beginnings, the potential of knowledge sharing throughout the Internet has had high hopes, but it has not fulfilled its promises yet.
Throughout the last years organisations and projects have started experimenting with the “read and write web” and achieved new approaches to use information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D). Different to traditional ICT projects, this approach focuses on the users, it is their engagement and creativity that makes the networking and learning effort vibrant.
Two major questions persist: Where and under which conditions can these ICTs be best used for highest impact? And, how can ICTs really be used for a more effectively knowledge sharing and learning?
