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Emerging Schools of Thought on Commons-Based Peer Production – New Article Out

Posted on November 10, 2018 in Freedom to innovate, News on publications, Open Source IT business by Balthas

Researcher Evangelos Papadimitropoulos just published a cool article that sums up and puts into perspective some of the emerging schools of thought on commons-based peer production (cbpp). Fresh hot off the (virtual) press, it also presents a pretty comprehensive and up-to-date list of references. I recommend the article to everyone interested in getting beyond the basics […]

Posted in Freedom to innovate, News on publications, Open Source IT business Tagged Bauwens and Kostakis, Benkler, cbpp, commons, commons-based peer production, design global-manufacture local, digital commons, empowerment, knowledge commons, open source, P2P, peer-to-peer, research 2 Comments

How to make money the open-source-way, but keep the commons alive? – Question 7 of 10 on ‚learning by sharing’

Posted on March 16, 2015 in Freedom to innovate, Freedom to learn by Balthas

Open innovation – often based on open licensing and commons-approaches – is changing the business models of more and more businesses and social institutions. Before the advent of open innovation, innovation was kept within the boundaries of the firm (or research institution). In contrast, “Open innovation is a paradigm that assumes that firms can and […]

Posted in Freedom to innovate, Freedom to learn Tagged business model, capacities, Capacity Development, commons, commons-based peer production, competencies, connections, development, empowerment, find, freedom, freedom to learn, GIZ, hubs, human development, IT sector promotion, knowledge, knowledge commons, knowledge sharing, learning systems, motivation, motive, motives, open innovation, open source, ownership, P2P, P2PU, peer-to-peer, peer-to-peer learning, scaling up, self-governance, self-sustainability, sharing, skills, tacit knowledge, trust Leave a comment

Where to find free knowledge for open innovation in development? – Question 6 of 10 on ‚learning by sharing’

Posted on January 11, 2015 in Freedom to innovate, Freedom to learn by Balthas

In previous blog entries, I talked a lot about commons-based peer production and learning in areas crucial to development cooperation such as Energy, Health, Education etc. A key question then is where to find such “free knowledge” for open innovation and for peer-production in the different sectors of human development? I have collected an annotated compendium […]

Posted in Freedom to innovate, Freedom to learn Tagged capacities, Capacity Development, commons-based peer production, competencies, connections, development, empowerment, find, freedom, freedom to learn, GIZ, hubs, human development, IT sector promotion, knowledge, knowledge commons, knowledge sharing, learning systems, motivation, motive, motives, open innovation, ownership, P2P, P2PU, peer-to-peer, peer-to-peer learning, scaling up, self-governance, self-sustainability, sharing, skills, tacit knowledge, trust Leave a comment

Peer-producing knowledge: a game-changer for development cooperation? – Question 5 of 10 on ‚learning by sharing’

Posted on November 22, 2014 in Freedom to innovate, Freedom to learn by Balthas

Some critics argue that commons-based peer production and learning only apply in the digital, non-real world (“building websites”, “building online training material”). The concept, they say, is therefore less of interest to international and development cooperation, which focuses on non-digital environments and “hard” topics such as health, energy or agriculture. Jaime from Bolivia and John […]

Posted in Freedom to innovate, Freedom to learn Tagged Africa, agency, capacities, Capacity Development, commons-based peer production, competencies, connections, connectivism, development, empowerment, energypedia, freedom, freedom to learn, GIZ, global transformation, human development, ict@innovation, IT sector promotion, knowledge, knowledge commons, learning systems, OECD, open innovation, ownership, P2P, P2PU, peer-to-peer, peer-to-peer learning, scaling up, self-governance, self-sustainability, sharing, skills, tacit knowledge, trust, UNESCO 1 Comment

What makes learning communities self-governed & fun? – Question 4 of 10 on ‚learning by sharing’

Posted on October 1, 2014 in Freedom to innovate, Freedom to learn by Balthas

Frank Tilugulilwa is an IT trainer in Tanzania. He teaches local IT companies how to build services and revenues around so-called “Free and Open Source Software”. Such software can be copied and modified by every company and every individual client. Frank has written a training manual with over 80 other IT trainers and experts throughout […]

Posted in Freedom to innovate, Freedom to learn Tagged Africa, agency, capacities, Capacity Development, commons-based peer production, competencies, connections, connectivism, development, empowerment, energypedia, freedom, freedom to learn, GIZ, global transformation, human development, ict@innovation, IT sector promotion, knowledge, knowledge commons, learning systems, OECD, open innovation, ownership, P2P, P2PU, peer-to-peer, peer-to-peer learning, scaling up, self-governance, self-sustainability, sharing, skills, tacit knowledge, trust, UNESCO Leave a comment

How to build learning communities, that work peer-to-peer? – Question 3 of 10 on ‚learning by sharing’

Posted on September 22, 2014 in Freedom to innovate, Freedom to learn by Balthas

In the field of online sharing and learning, the “Massive Open Online Course” (“MOOC”) has received a lot of attention. Many are enthusiastic about what elite universities such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Harvard are piloting. The two schools have offered joint online courses that have attracted well over 100,000 […]

Posted in Freedom to innovate, Freedom to learn Tagged Africa, agency, capacities, Capacity Development, commons-based peer production, competencies, connections, connectivism, development, empowerment, energypedia, freedom, freedom to learn, GIZ, global transformation, human development, ict@innovation, IT sector promotion, knowledge, knowledge commons, learning systems, OECD, open innovation, ownership, P2P, P2PU, peer-to-peer, peer-to-peer learning, scaling up, self-governance, self-sustainability, sharing, skills, tacit knowledge, trust, UNESCO Leave a comment

What makes people share knowledge? – Question 2 of 10 on ‚learning by sharing’

Posted on September 6, 2014 in Freedom to innovate, Freedom to learn by Balthas

Why do peers help peers to share and co-produce knowledge? Research suggests that there is a whole set of motivations that makes people share their knowledge, a mixture between altruistic and self-serving motives summed up in the following table: 14 Reasons Why Peers Help Peers to Learn: Why Do They Share Their Knowledge? (Table 1) […]

Posted in Freedom to innovate, Freedom to learn Tagged capacities, Capacity Development, commons-based peer production, competencies, connections, development, empowerment, freedom, freedom to learn, GIZ, human development, IT sector promotion, knowledge, knowledge commons, knowledge sharing, learning systems, motivation, motive, motives, open innovation, ownership, P2P, P2PU, peer-to-peer, peer-to-peer learning, scaling up, self-governance, self-sustainability, sharing, skills, tacit knowledge, trust Leave a comment

What is commons-based peer learning? – Question 1 of 10 on ‚learning by sharing’

Posted on September 2, 2014 in Freedom to innovate, Freedom to learn by Balthas

The Internet and with it the rise of social networks have enabled a radically innovative way of producing knowledge-related goods. Software can now be jointly written by thousands of developers as the operating system ‘Linux’ shows. The encyclopedia Wikipedia is updated by roughly 1.7 million contributors worldwide. Law professor Yochai Benkler has coined the term […]

Posted in Freedom to innovate, Freedom to learn Tagged capacities, Capacity Development, commons-based peer production, competencies, connections, connectivism, development, empowerment, freedom, freedom to learn, GIZ, global transformation, human development, IT sector promotion, knowledge, knowledge commons, learning systems, open innovation, ownership, P2P, P2PU, peer-to-peer, peer-to-peer learning, scaling up, self-governance, self-sustainability, sharing, skills, tacit knowledge, trust Leave a comment

Let’s talk about “Learning by Sharing”

Posted on July 2, 2014 in Freedom to innovate, Freedom to learn, News on publications, Open Source & Africa by Balthas

Today, I invite you to join the conversation on an article, which I just published on the issue of “Learning by sharing – how global communities cultivate skills and capacity through peer-production of knowledge“. I posit in this paper, that commons-based peer learning offers a trigger to enhance skills, competencies, connections, capacities, and the agency […]

Posted in Freedom to innovate, Freedom to learn, News on publications, Open Source & Africa Tagged Africa, agency, capacities, Capacity Development, commons-based peer production, competencies, connections, connectivism, development, empowerment, energypedia, freedom, freedom to learn, GIZ, global transformation, human development, ict@innovation, IT sector promotion, knowledge, knowledge commons, learning systems, OECD, open innovation, ownership, P2P, P2PU, peer-to-peer, peer-to-peer learning, scaling up, self-governance, self-sustainability, sharing, skills, tacit knowledge, trust, UNESCO Leave a comment

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    1. pdai on Peer-producing knowledge: a game-changer for development cooperation? – Question 5 of 10 on ‚learning by sharing’31/10/2021

      Building that collaboration may be difficult for some people. so the project that will be built will be constrained at…

    2. Balthas on About24/09/2019

      Dear Wahdan, here ist the source of the Quote from the letter of Jefferson: http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_8_8s12.html

    3. Balthas on Emerging Schools of Thought on Commons-Based Peer Production – New Article Out24/09/2019

      Dear Winda, of course you can thare the guides - all is under open licenses. See below. Just Name the…

    4. Wahdan Arum Inawati on About12/08/2019

      how quotation of the parts of the letter of Jefferson on knowledge and property?

    5. WINDA EKA SAMODRA on Emerging Schools of Thought on Commons-Based Peer Production – New Article Out04/08/2019

      Thank you for this nice guide.This really helped me, keep posting! can i share it?

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