The Web and the social networks give products and services new functionalities, in terms both of management (saving on time
All of the most innovative ideas, from Skype to Wikipedia, from online cartography to app stores, had a very quick, viral spreading.
Web platforms are the locus on which the CAPS projects focus on enabling the dynamics of collective awareness construction.
it is a socio-technical solution that is composed of multiple ICT tools, such as websites forums, social networks, collaborative platforms, deliberating tools, data visualisation, etc
web. Among others it is possible to mention Avaaz, which defines itself as'A global
web movement to bring people-powered politics to decision-making everywhere 'Laborvoices, which allows companies to get information about their suppliers in developing
explicitly addresses, according to the model of Wikipedia, the existence of different levels of contribution. For the general public the existence of CAPS initiatives can be a way
Moving from citizen engagement to the data that these citizens produce on the web intentionally or unintentionally, a main research question is how to make that data
to looking at what is used already on the web and how it is successful, it is also necessary
like the one of Wikipedia, that show reward mechanisms based on credibility, recognition and respect, that are not too different from the reward mechanisms of
†WEB-COSI: increases trust in collectively-generated statistics Moreover, the study on Digital Social Innovation in Europe (DSI) is dedicated to
Project Acronym Project Full Title Project Website DECARBONET A Decarbonisation Platform for Citizen Empowerment and Translating
WEB-COSI Web Communities for Statistics for Social Innovation www. webcosi. eu CAPS2020 CAPS2020 http://caps2020. eu
Wikipedia †Users of online communities interested in knowing more about their data and in
and meta-analysis. These projects are WEB-COSI CAPS2020, IA4SI and SCICAFE2. 0. These projects, by their very nature, are developing
WEB-COSI makes a Wiki of progress statistics available and fosters the use and improvement of quality of nonofficial statistics beyond GDP statistics
participation, and with WEB-COSI in terms of analytics and visualisations CHEST shows potential synergies could emerge with IA4SI, and from their
Web 2. 0 social computing principles motivate the importance of placing useful, usable analytic tools in the hands of users themselves, balancing the traditional focus on †executive
CATALYST, DECARBONET, IA4SI, WEB-COSI projects Collective Assessment When many people coordinate each other through the use of digital technologies, one of
Such evaluation can be delegated to algorithms, like in the case of Google Pagerank, where search results are ordered according to different criteria such as relative
statistical data collections (WEB-COSI), and reputation and rating systems (WIKIRATE e-Democracy, e-Participation, Direct Democracy
and WEB-COSI are focused on open data integration by providing different standards, tools and methods for data federation.
CBPP projects and initiatives, other projects, like SCICAFE2. 0, WEB-COSI, and WIKIRATE actually leverage some of the characteristics of this mode of production in delivering their
WIKIRATE and WEB-COSI 38 Privacy-Aware Tools and Applications Privacy-aware systems have evolved over the last decade from privacy-enhancing
The confluence of network-centric systems, mobile telecommunications, semantic web and web 2. 0, as well as the emergence of the growth of networked media, in particular the
creative media industry and prosumers sharing media for entertainment, has contributed to a thriving ecosystem of online social networks (OSN) serving various business models and
2. Assembl http://assembl. org Assembl is a web application that enables hundreds to thousands of people to work together with the goal of creating a single, tangible
and back them up with websites. By using Cohere people can support or challenge each other's ideas
Crabgrass https://we. riseup. net Crabgrass is a software libre web application designed for group
knowledge-building (specifically evidence-building) web platform. It was designed in KMI by the team developing the concept of'Contested Collective Intelligence',where
-and-services/products A set of In-Home Displays, smart plugs and web visualisation of energy consumption
Esperanto, is a network of interconnected sites, where you can communicate, share collaborate with others
and create your web spaces easily 25. Libbitcoin http://libbitcoin. dyne. org Libbitcoin is a community of developers
Mailpile https://www. mailpile. is Free and open-source web mail client with user -friendly encryption and privacy features
Metamaps http://metamaps. c/Metamaps. cc is a free and open-source web platform for changemakers, innovators, educators and students.
Anybody living in Rio de janeiro can log on to the website and denounce a problem and launch a campaign to fix it.
Reddit http://www. reddit. com Social networking service and news website where registered community members can submit content, such as text posts or direct
posts and determine their position on the site's pages. Content entries are organised by areas of interest called'subreddits
Slashdot http://slashdot. org Slashdot is a website based on, and runs, the Slashdot-Like Automated Storytelling Homepage software
Utopia Docs http://getutopia. com Collaborative web annotation tool for PDF files 50. Wagn http://wagn. org Wagn is a Wiki Platform
and managing your website, in a collaborative way Yeswiki is written Free Software in PHP language under the GPL licence,
creating and managing an internet or intranet website 54. Your Priorities https://www. yrpri. org/home/world Your Priorities is an
e-democracy web application designed by the nonprofit Citizens Foundation to help groups of people speak with one voice.
By converging cloud services, mobile telecommunication and Web 2. 0 technologies the collective awareness platforms will support wide spread participative engagement
a political one) using the web as a principal channel. Providing an adequate tool is definitely
engaging European citizens in a sign-in campaign centralised on the initiative web 69 †Outlook for the Future
Badii A. 2000)' Online Point-of-Click Web Usability Mining with Popeval-MB, Webeval -AB and the C-Assure Methodology'.
Forte, A. & Bruckman, A. 2005) Why Do People Write for Wikipedia? Incentives to Contribute to Open†Content Publishing.
include computer and web technologies, as well as the organisational and managerial competences and leadership necessary for the changes in working methods and job roles.
and exchanging patient data, with concomitant distrust for oï €-site data storage and access control
Website: www. ehealthstrategies. com Speeding up adoption depends on the presence of factors such as incentives competition, return on investment
Internet portal Europeana, which provides digital access to cultural content from heritage institutions all over Europe, and highlights its
commercial enterprises such as Google. At the same time, new collaborative and civil society based projects such as Wikipedia have also
emerged, whose dynamics remain unparalleled even by commercial actors Museums in the Digital Age Introduction:
different actors are Wikipedia, Google and Europeana. While on the one hand these actors are competitors and hold suspicions of one
far is Wikipedia. For a long time Wikipedia was viewed critically and even ridiculed, however now, Wikipedia enjoys a considerable rep
-utation and has established itself in the field of encyclopaedias Other companies have also, with immense
courage and high investment, started to digitise and make more information accessible online. The Google books Project, the most
famous example of mass digitisation, is by no means the only one. While Google's projects
were, and still remain controversial and contested, they have been very successful and many museums are currently cooperating with
them, for example within the Google Art Project. Google is a dominant commercial player in the field,
but there are many others -competition is just a mouse click away Although clearly museums have so far not been
times of Ebay and countless other e-commerce enterprises where a buyer can be found for
web services, personal data standards and metadata exchange interfaces. Data modelling and collection in the digital age is a far greater
age, Wikipedia, Google and the countless others. These new players have opportunities and capacities in the digital age that museums
State Library and Google entered into a very beneficial partnership, but as they did not
even when a museum's web portal provides access to content online •Privacy law-is threatened by the reuse of
dominated by private companies, like Google or Wikipedia. Through Europeana, the EU has established a platform that will not only
democratise information and bring Europe's collections into the homes of its citizens, but one that will also generate revenue through the
Museums today must accept the Web 2. 0 assertion that if you do not have an Internet
button was included that allows website visitors the ability to email any additional information they have directly to the museum.
were checked and the counter on the website was updated. Progress was monitored constantly so that further actions could be
11 http://fr. wikipedia. org/wiki/Jeune entreprise innovante 12 http://ec. europa. eu/digital-agenda/en/pre-commercial-procurement
web than ever before. Consequently, we are finding that students are learning much more in these informal
access social media sites from cell phones. 4 They are also avid multitaskers, often using several technologies
go online, social networking sites, a video game, etc. you can be interacting with thousands of people (many of
is the nature of the Internet where Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica stand next to each other as if they
Youtube is equally accessible as watching the educational videos on science, and it is not hard to guess which ones get
http://strategicplanning. fairfield. edu/sites/default/files/innovative uni versity 140516. pdf International Journal of Social science and Humanity, Vol. 5, No.
university website, mission and identity, faculty senate with many subcommittees, various faculty and administrative search committees, etc
-copyright material available through the site -the need to actively promote voluntary agreements 6 on the large scale digitisation and
cultural institutions to bring all relevant digitised cultural material into the site •ensure long-term digital preservation
To be selected, ideas must receive at least 10,000 votes on the crowdsourcing site. Once the project has received its 10,000 supporters,
in early (web page exits. It is likely that these social activities contributed to the 10%growth in
Commission Staff Working Document'Strengthening the environment for Web entrepreneurs in the EU'24 proposes an action with regard to venture capital
Strengthening the environment for Web entrepreneurs in the EU Lack of information and financial knowledge is for some SMES and entrepreneurs a barrier to
ï§Launch specific actions for web entrepreneurs ï§Strengthen competences and skills Adopted in June 2008,
into apps, websites or other products ï§Leverage success stories to increase awareness and encourage more people to use
to close knowledge gaps (e g. accounting, web development, coding Description ï§Leverage the European eâ Competence Framework to identify which e-leadership skills
web development, finance Owner: â'European commission â'Member States â'Private partners In their search for knowledge and ready-to-use materials, entrepreneurs are looking for easily
and support-web portal as single point of information on existing financial instruments for entrepreneurs ï§Actively promote these financial instruments through
central website linking to the national Points of Single Contact ï§Leverage the Service Directive to extend the scope of PSCS to other sectors (currently
All PSCS are part of the European EUGO network, a central website to access all PSCS in Europe.
-online courses to close knowledge gaps (e g. accounting, web development, coding Pillar 4 Ease the access to
Strengthening the environment for Web entrepreneurs in the EU -European commission (2012. A Stronger European Industry for Growth and Economic
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online site was created to manage communications and provide a digital forum for the organisations to communicate at any time
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to the control sites and mortality by almost a half (41 The use of standards delivers key benefits in a number of areas.
â http://www. etsi. org/Website/Aboutetsi/Introduction/history. aspx Developing National ehealth Interoperability Standards for Ireland:
http://www. ithealthboard. health. nz/sites/all/files/National%20health%20it%20plan%20v11 1. pdf. Accessed on:
http://www. google. ie/#hl=en&biw=1020&bih=539&sa=X&ei=kwamtfqh F9 -qhafzisizcw&ved=0cbqqvwuoaq&q=An+E
Internet providers must also take responsibility for ensuring that users can operate securely online. We are
types of data processing such as big data, profiling, web tracking or cloud computing to protect privacy 32 VI.
5. 3 Web literacy...32 5. 4 Complementary skills...34 Digital opportunities: Innovative ICT solutions for youth employment
Website: www. ckw. applab. org 63 Gary Gereffi et al.""Skills for Upgrading: Workforce Development and Global Value Chains in Developing Countries
Website: www. smsforlife. com 3. 3 Offshore services Over the past two decades the offshore services industry has turned into one of the most dynamic
youth around the world browse web-based job listings to find work. Those with limited access to the
websites for people with disabilities The fields of ICT repair, maintenance, and sales are explored also as they continue to be a source of
While it may be skilled common for, educated workers to use existing web-based job-matching services to
Website: www. souktel. org 4. 2 Microwork and crowdsourcing As discussed in chapter 3, offshore services have turned into one of the most dynamic sectors employing
85 â€oecrowdsourcing, †Wikipedia, https://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Crowdsourcing, accessed on December 3, 2012. See also
comprehensive list of businesses, sites, and forums that use crowdsourcing. 86 Crowdflower Crowdflower is one of the largest crowdsourcing platforms,
product categorization and labelling for major online retail and auction sites like Amazon ebay, and Taoboa, to customer database management, to content creation.
Human labelling of products and search results is time consuming, but the demand for it occurs in peaks and
Website: http://crowdflower. com 86 Anjali Ramachandran, â€oecrowdsourcing Examples, †http://crowdsourcingexamples. pbworks. com and
http://crowdsourcingexamples. pbworks. com/w/page/16668424/Individual businesses%2c sites or forums that channel
products on an e-commerce site Referred to as a kind of digital blue-collar work, microwork requires little training, and many
88 â€oemicrowork, †Wikipedia, https://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Microwork, accessed on December 3, 2012 89 World bank, â€oenew Frontiers and Opportunities in Work.
Samasource secures contracts with companies including Google, Intuit, and CISCO; it has provided services to Linkedin and the U s. State department,
Website: www. samasource. org 4. 3 Apps development There is speculation regarding how the growing trend of apps development will generate new
•Large companies such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and RIM, who develop and maintain mobile app ecosystems/platforms
technical skills who can develop accessible software, websites, and other ICTS. Currently, however, there is a vast shortage of people with these skills.
Website: atedec. wordpress. com 4. 7 Green jobs There is increasing consensus in the development community that the global environmental crisis is an
applications from web portals, text messages (SMS), mobile phone based monitoring systems, community mapping and social media tools are offering new ways that young people can play a role in â€oesmartâ€
The popularization of Web 2. 0, social media, mobile apps, and other ICT advancements have changed dramatically the playing field.
and web literacy, among others. New curricula and training programs have emerged to cover the broader set of skills contained within these new frameworks
Next, the concept of web literacy is explored, exemplifying new thinking around 113 Youthpolicy. org, www. youthpolicy. org/blog/category/rio-2012
Youth Report Website, last modified on December 29, 2011 www. unworldyouthreport. org/index. php? option=com k2&view=item&layout=item&id=23&itemid=128
•using email and web browser •installing software and hardware Advanced computer skills (sample •programming
web-based collaborative services (e g. track changes, comments on a document or resource, tags, contribution to wikis, etc
5. 3 Web literacy While digital literacy may be established the most concept, other efforts have emerged also that reflect
of web literacies is worth discussing in this context. Advanced by the Mozilla Foundation in collaboration with global experts, web literacies refers to â€oenot only being able to read the web
but also having the ability to †write†it. Writing the web †creating pages, documents and multimedia assets †means
understanding the building blocks of the web. As Mitchell Baker (Chairperson of Mozilla) says, we want to
move beyond †elegant consumption†towards creating a generation of Webmakers. We†re not talking
and make things with and on the web. †122 122 Doug Belshaw,"Working towards a framework to understand the skills,
Web skills/Competencies/Literacies grid EXPLORING CREATING CONNECTING PROTECTING BEGINNER Browser basics e g. URLS copy/paste
Web mechanics e g. view source hyperlinks Web design basics e g. affordances of the web, designing
for audiences Sharing e g. social networks embedding Rights online e g. copyright, open licensing INTERMEDIATE Browser skills
e g. cookie management, add -ons Javascript basics e g. programming basics, javascript syntax Contributing to web
communities e g. distributed working, collaborative curation Identity e g. personal information curation tracking management Credibility e g. trustworthiness
of websites evaluating information Advanced web design e g. responsive design, accessibility Storytelling e g. multimedia augmentation
Security & encryption e g. data protection basic encryption Remixing e g. mashups hackable games Infrastructure e g. hosting
Legalese on the web e g. privacy policies terms of service agreements Source: Mozilla Foundation123 123 Ibid
Household tech names such as Google, Intel, Microsoft, Nokia and Vodafone all have a presence there,
Your app, website or other idea may be great, but if you don†t understand marketing,
visitors to a website by obtaining a high-ranking placement in the search results pages of internet search engines such
as Google, Firefox, Yahoo and other search engines. SEO helps to ensure that a site is accessible to a search engine and
improves the chances that the site will be found by the search engine 136 Jonathan Kalan, â€oewhy Jordan Looks More Like Kenya than Silicon valley, †(wamda. com, November 21, 2012
www. wamda. com/2012/11/why-jordan-looks-more-like-kenya-than-silicon-valley Digital opportunities: Innovative ICT solutions for youth employment
brief profile and a specific mentoring request on their website. The request is listed then in the
The website has more than 3 500 entrepreneurs and 2 600 business mentors enrolled, and it has made more than 2 250 matches.
also sign up on the website. Micromentor reports that participating businesses had a 75 per cent increase in median annual business sales and an 87 per cent survival rate year over year
Website: www. micromentor. org Social networks are important sources of community support and can provide access to capital, skills
Website: www. vc4africa. biz Contests are another popular way to compete for funding. Every year witnesses more and more contests
Website: world2013. itu. int/event/innovation Venture funds are also being established by many organizations to fund startups.
Website: www. oasis500. com 142 Devin Thorpe, â€oewhy Crowdfunding Will Explode In 2013, †Forbes, October 15, 2012
www. forbes. com/sites/devinthorpe/2012/10/15/get-ready-here-it-comes-crowdfunding-will-explode-in-2013
Website: www. iyfnet. org/build-your-business 6. 5 Mobile resources An increasing number of mobile phone resources are enabling entrepreneurs to access capital, process
it using the company†s 20 000 distribution sites. Users can deposit money, make withdrawals, or transfer
Website: www. 8villages. com /6. 6 Comprehensive programmes Many organizations and initiatives provide a suite of services,
Website: www. microsoft. com/about/corporatecitizenship/en-us/youthspark/youthsparkhub /7 Getting there †becoming ICT-savvy
encompasses flipped classroom, mix-mode, hybrid, technology-mediated instruction, and web-enhanced instruction. In flipped classrooms, 149 for instance, technologies are integrated intricately in the teaching
web 2. 0 tools and applications such as prezi (prezi. com), slideshare (slideshare. net), youtube youtube. com), facebook (facebook. com), evernote (evernote. com),
and dropbox (dropbox. com), to name a few †which are readily available through tablets, mobile phones, and personal computers
Website: www. avu. org One appeal of the blended model for youth and lifelong learners is the flexibility it offers to combine
Website: www. coursera. org /152 Anya Kemenetz, â€oeonline courses are taking off: But there†s a major downside, †(Slate. com, November 2013
Website: info. p2pu. org 7. 2 Partnerships for learning and jobs As noted in chapters 3 and 4,
Google summer of code, launched in 2005, is a global programme that has granted over 6 000 stipends to post-secondary developers for writing code for open source software
Website: code. google. com/soc 7. 3 Learning and innovation places The classic notion of the learning place is associated with organized institutions such as schools
universities, and vocational training centres. With the advance of new learning models described above youth are taking learning to places like technology hubs, co-working spaces,
the emergence and wide adoption of web 2. 0 technologies would give rise to social networking collaborative content creation and democratized innovation. 165 The technological changes seen in the
a focus on young entrepreneurs, web and mobile phone programmers, designers and researchers. The ihub is part open community workspace (co-working), part nexus for
Website: www. ihub. co. ke 7. 3. 2 Hacker/maker spaces Another type of space is the hackerspace, or makerspace.
Over a thousand users visit the site daily to access hundreds of titles in the repository free to download and distribute
Website: www. etnassoft. com 7. 4. 2 Games It is estimated that young people spend an average of two hours a day playing video and/or online games
Website: www. minecraftedu. com /167 Manuel Castells and Gustavo Cardoso, The Network Society,(WASHINGTON DC: Johns Hopkins Center for Transatlantic
Some of the major sites (e g. Facebook and Twitter became known as platforms for the exchange of personal stories and leisure activities, but more and
podcasts, video sharing (Youtube, Vimeo), photo sharing (Flickr, Picasa), social bookmarks (Evernote del icio us), presentation sharing (Prezi, slideshare), discussion forums (Google groups), events (Meetup
and Google, also offer certificates. The self-directed learner can earn some of these certificates online directly.
Website: www. ecdl. org 7. 5. 1 Badges New thinking is entering the certification arena,
www. forbes. com/sites/parmyolson/2012/09/06/why-estonia-has started-teaching-its-first-graders-to-code
and support as they have shown to be fertile sites for innovation and learning Promoting these kinds of activities requires openness to uncertainty and risk.
support from Google) to develop apps for these two systems. The impetus for these efforts started at the
web design, security and privacy, solving technical problems, and programming, among others. Becoming a successful entrepreneur requires business skills as well, such as operations and management, finance
and have driven the explosive expansion of social media and other web 2. 0 applications. It is these new
6, 2012. www. forbes. com/sites/parmyolson/2012/09/06/why-estonia-has started-teaching-its -first-graders-to-code
www. forbes. com/sites/devinthorpe/2012/10/15/get-ready-here-it-comes-crowdfunding-will -explode-in-2013
†UN World Youth Report Website. Last modified on December 29, 2011 www. unworldyouthreport. org/index. php?
Affordances of the web Refers to properties of a web site†s user interface that allows the easy discovery
web pages and other information that can be displayed in a web browser HTTP and HTTPS The Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) is an application protocol that forms the
Web 2. 0 Websites that allow users to interact, collaborate, and create content (in contrast
to static websites Web literacy Refers to not only being able to read the web but also having the ability to †writeâ€
it (create pages, documents and multimedia assets International Telecommunication Union (ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT
5. 3 Web literacy 5. 4 Complementary skills 6 Entrepreneurship skills and support 6. 1 Entrepreneurship skills
An increasing number of companies known for their hard-nosed approach to business†such as Google, IBM, Intel
A growing number of companies known for their hard-nosed approach to business†such as GE, Google, IBM, Intel, Johnson
Dow chemical managed to reduce consumption of fresh water at its largest production site by one billion gallons†enough water to supply nearly 40,000 people in the U s. for a year†resulting in savings of $4 million
As itunes, Kindle, and Google Scholar (which offers texts of scholarly literature online) demonstrate, profitable new distribution models can also dramatically
If sites are comparable economically, at which one will the local community benefit the most?
meaning internet connections, web collaborative tools, sharing of open data and a process of bottom-up peer-supported
The idea behind it is that web platforms and the new forms of interactions promote
Youtube, a centralized media hosting facility. To counter the big commercial players innovation activities and research projects built peer-to-peer and small scale local social
ï€ WEB-COSI: developing instruments for collectively-generated statistics and increasing trust for nonofficial statistics
Tab. 2-CAPS ongoing project and related website The websites in the table above give details on the results obtained so far
As the study Digital Social Innovation shows (Bria at al, 2014), CAPS are not alone in the
The Young Foundation and the Web. Digital Social Innovation working paper
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