Open AccessEmploying Participatory Action Research to Augment Software Development for Rural Communities
Author(s) -
Siang-Ting Siew,
Alvin W. Yeo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
electronic workshops in computing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
ISSN - 1477-9358
DOI - 10.14236/ewic/hci2011.44
Subject(s) - participatory action research , citizen journalism , context (archaeology) , computer science , action research , rural development , software development , software , action (physics) , participatory development , knowledge management , process management , engineering , sociology , world wide web , ecology , geography , pedagogy , programming language , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , anthropology , agriculture , biology
The paper proposes a software development methodology which also employs the participatory action research (PAR) method given that PAR has been successfully employed in projects in rural communities. Arguments for this approach are provided, discussed in the context of software development for rural communities.
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