Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Book Title/Conference/Journal
DEV '13: Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Computing for Development, Bangalore, January 11-13
Year
1-2013
Abstract
In this paper, we describe the design and use of a knowledge sharing network that has recently been deployed for agricultural extension work in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). The system, Poverty Reduction and Agricultural Management - Knowledge Sharing Network (PRAM-KSN), was built using a collaborative design process that involved both experts and ministerial agricultural extension workers who are also the current users of this web-based platform. This paper also discusses the relevance of the PRAM-KSN for agricultural extension work, how the principles of crowdsourcing apply to the system, and how social learning occurs for the benefit of agricultural extension work. Suggestions for impact assessment of the PRAM-KSN at different time-frames are offered.
Keywords
Crowdsourcing, Evaluation, Participatory design, Poverty reduction, Social cognitive theory
Disciplines
Agribusiness | Community-Based Learning
Subject(s)
Applied or Integration/Application Scholarship
Publisher
ACM
DOI
10.1145/2442882.2442909
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1145/2442882.2442909
Version
publishedVersion
Language
eng
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Format
application/PDF
Citation
CHEW, Han Ei; Sort, Borort; and Haddawy, Peter.
Building a crowdsourcing community: How online social learning helps in poverty reduction. (2013). DEV '13: Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Computing for Development, Bangalore, January 11-13. 1.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/oi_research/11