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Presentation given in september 2008 at the World Knowledge Dialogue (Switzerland) by Florence Devouard
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Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
Virtual communitiesand co-creation of knowledge
Florence [email protected]
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Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
Wikipediaradical idea
Imagine a world…
in which everysingle person
is given access tothe sum of humanknowledge
My daughter, unknown artist,before I bought her a real computer
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
Classroom in an agricultural community near Livingstone (Zambia), 2007
Parents do not speak English.But professor teaches English to the kids
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
“Everyone loses if one language islost because then a nationand culture lose their memory,and so does the complextapestry from which the worldis woven and which makes theworld an exciting place.”
Vigdis FinnbogadottirUNESCO Goodwill Ambassador forLanguages
Cher and his turayaSouthern Algeria, 2006
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
Wikipedia, the basics
1) 10,000,000+ articles in 250+ languages2) Free as in free beer3) Free to read, to study, to modify and
redistribute4) Created by thousands of volunteers5) Runs on a wiki
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
© IBM
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard© IBM
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
Global top 10 website(Alexa, ComScore, Nielsen) Latin America -- 34% reach
North America -- 31% reachMiddle East/Africa -- 25% reachAsia Pacific -- 17% reachEurope – 32% reach
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
Evolutions, revolutions AuthorReader
Writing Printing
Electronic media Internet
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
Global trends
• Open doors attract members of the globaltalent pool
• Creation (or re-creation of tribes)• Open systems make bounderies porous to
external ideas• Openness allows to share successes with
others• Community united by goals, rules and values• An economy based on hope and trust
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
Keep it simple, but focused
+++ Fun
+++ Communion (ideology, values),
++ Anticipated Reciprocity
++ Feeling of worthiness
+ Increased Recognition
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
Governance in a peer-network: case of Wikipedia
2001 2003 2005 2007
Anarchy
Meritocracy
Precedent
Monarchy
Democracy
Technocracy
Republic
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
Wish list / Concerns
Governance and regulation on Internet: the Wild West
Need for a global scale economic assessment of open source
Reworking the IP laws, inadapted to XXI century
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
Developing sustainable models where
Creators can make a livingDissemination and remix of worksis facilitated
Access to knowledge and educationto all is made possible
Emergence of new creatorsis facilitated
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
“The mass is not always right, especially when thatmass is like a conformist herd of sheep thatquestions nothing. That is why initiatives towardcollective intelligence aim to capitalize on the wholediversity of knowledge, skills and ideas within a groupand to organize that diversity in a creative andproductive dialog».
Pierre Lévy
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
Virtual communities and co-creation of knowledge Florence Devouard
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