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An architecture for synchronous micro-volunteering in Africa using social media

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dc.contributor.author Butgereit, L
dc.contributor.author Botha, RA
dc.date.accessioned 2013-11-12T12:54:51Z
dc.date.available 2013-11-12T12:54:51Z
dc.date.issued 2013-03
dc.identifier.citation Butgereit, L and Botha, RA. 2013. An architecture for synchronous micro-volunteering in Africa using social media. In: 4th International Workshop on Pervasive Collaboration and Social Networking (PerCol), San Diego, California, 18-22 March 2013 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7058
dc.description 4th International Workshop on Pervasive Collaboration and Social Networking (PerCol), San Diego, California, 18-22 March 2013 en_US
dc.description.abstract Micro-volunteering is the phenomenon of volunteering one's time and energy for extremely short periods of time. It is often considered a subset of Virtual Volunteering where one can volunteer one's time and energy via the Internet. There are many successful examples of Virtual Volunteering such as the Gutenberg project and the Librivox project. However, in both these cases, a volunteer must donate a substantial amount of his or her time in activities such as reading books or proofreading books. This paper examines the concept of synchronous micro-volunteering where potential volunteers can effectively donate as little as 10 minutes of their time and immediately assist other people. The paper then describes the architecture which supports synchronous micro-volunteering. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Workflow request;10621
dc.subject Micro-volunteering en_US
dc.subject Virtual volunteering en_US
dc.subject Dr Math en_US
dc.subject Social media en_US
dc.title An architecture for synchronous micro-volunteering in Africa using social media en_US
dc.type Conference Presentation en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Butgereit, L., & Botha, R. (2013). An architecture for synchronous micro-volunteering in Africa using social media. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7058 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Butgereit, L, and RA Botha. "An architecture for synchronous micro-volunteering in Africa using social media." (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7058 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Butgereit L, Botha R, An architecture for synchronous micro-volunteering in Africa using social media; 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7058 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Butgereit, L AU - Botha, RA AB - Micro-volunteering is the phenomenon of volunteering one's time and energy for extremely short periods of time. It is often considered a subset of Virtual Volunteering where one can volunteer one's time and energy via the Internet. There are many successful examples of Virtual Volunteering such as the Gutenberg project and the Librivox project. However, in both these cases, a volunteer must donate a substantial amount of his or her time in activities such as reading books or proofreading books. This paper examines the concept of synchronous micro-volunteering where potential volunteers can effectively donate as little as 10 minutes of their time and immediately assist other people. The paper then describes the architecture which supports synchronous micro-volunteering. DA - 2013-03 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Micro-volunteering KW - Virtual volunteering KW - Dr Math KW - Social media LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2013 T1 - An architecture for synchronous micro-volunteering in Africa using social media TI - An architecture for synchronous micro-volunteering in Africa using social media UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7058 ER - en_ZA


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