Community IT workshops as a strategy for community learning

Authors

  • John M. Carroll The Pennsylvania State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v13i4.2052

Keywords:

community information technology workshop

Abstract

A university-community partnership to develop strategies for sustainable IT learning in local non-profit organizations initiated the Central Pennsylvania Community Information Technology Workshop series in 2003. The original goal was narrow and modest: To plan a set of participatory action research projects in which Penn State faculty and students would work with members of Centre County (Pennsylvania) non-profit community groups to develop IT infrastructures and applications. Through four years the workshops grew into a broader strategy for facilitating a continuous and self-initiated learning process in the community.

Author Biography

John M. Carroll, The Pennsylvania State University

John M. Carroll is Edward M. Frymoyer Chair Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University. His research interests include methods and theory in human-computer interaction, particularly as applied to networking tools for collaborative learning and problem solving, and design of interactive information systems. Recent books include Making Use (MIT) and HCI Models, Theories, and Frameworks (Morgan-Kaufmann). Carroll serves on several editorial and advisory boards and is Editor-in-Chief of the ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interactions. He received the Rigo Award and the CHI Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Silver Core Award from International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP), and the Goldsmith Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is a fellow of the ACM, the IEEE, and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

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Published

2008-03-31

How to Cite

Carroll, J. M. (2008). Community IT workshops as a strategy for community learning. First Monday, 13(4). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v13i4.2052