Mediating boundaries between knowledge and knowing: ICT and R4D praxis

N. T. Reichelt, P. J. Wallis, R. L. Ison, J. Davies, Peter Carberry, A. Sparrow, Andy Hall, Yiheyis Maru

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Abstract

This article reflects critically on the use of a wiki as a data repository for knowledge transfer and as a mediating technical platform for social learning in the context of a multi-country programme of agricultural research for development. The wiki was designed to foster sustainable social learning and an emergent community of practice among biophysical and social researchers acting for the first time as co-researchers. Over time, the technologically mediated element of the learning system was judged to have failed. The article is based on an inquiry that asked ‘How can learning system design cultivate learning opportunities and respond to learning challenges in an online environment to support research for development practice?’ The article also considers the wider context and institutional setting in which the knowledge work took place.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)238-245
Number of pages8
JournalOutlook on Agriculture
Volume45
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

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