Tag Archives: Online community engagement

Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration

I’ve decided to make this  entertaining and surprising TEDx talk, by Luis von Ahn, required watching in an online undergraduate course (or subject) I teach on community engagement (HLSC2241). Although the course is online, I haven’t included much material about … Continue reading

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Some weekend reading

Every Friday I post some links to articles, videos or other resources that have caught my eye during the week. Some might be quite recent, but others might be older ones I have revisited or recently discovered. They will mainly … Continue reading

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Online community engagement – from tools to strategy

This is an interesting talk by Andy Williamson he gave in 2013 called From tools to strategy: putting citizens at the centre of our democracy. In it he discusses ways in which social media can be part of a community engagement … Continue reading

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