Archive for the ‘Tools’ Category
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
How to motivate hundreds of pupils to discuss the topic genetically modified food and to work out hundreds of argumentation cards voluntarily three weeks on the Internet while having fun?
The project BioTalk had undertaken this difficult approach which sounds slightly unrealistic. In the course of the project the project group ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
The online campaigns in the US presidential election 2008 gain momentum every day and with them the political comments by citizens on Web2.0 websites. There is for example a huge number of political bloggers who comment on the candidates, discuss issues and try to make their mark on the elections. ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Think before you act! Before setting up online communication tools, you need an communication strategy first! Don´t use Blogs and Social Media as means without ends - if you want to reach people, who should have something to say!
This sounds like good old common sense to most eDemocracy advocators and ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
Petitions, on-line and off-line, have stirred-up a frenzy of debate recently with the advent of two important milestones in the UK. Firstly the preparatory stages of an ePetitioning system for UK Parliament and secondly a possible ‘duty to respond’ for Local Authorities. Let’s not also forget a possible EC ePetitioning ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
As most of you know the website facebook is a so called social network site. It helps to stay in contact with people you know, to find new people who are interested in the same topics as you are or to collaborate within virtual groups. But is facebook already used ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
In eParticipation efforts there is often the need to discuss and edit texts with a larger group of persons. They may be drafts of law texts, papers for parliaments or even recommendations for urban planning. This kind of work is often problematic and needs special attention by those who conduct ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
No matter if you are a company, a journalist, a politician or a curious citizen – you certainly are interested in knowing which topics will be relevant tomorrow. The reasons for that may vary from the wish to have a competitive advantage to pure interest in a subject.
To reach this ...
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