The Appropedia Foundation has been asked to describe Appropedia's role as knowledge brokers by answering the following questions.
1) the goals
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2) organizations involved
The Appropedia Foundation is an independent organization. The directors and other individuals involved in the Appropedia community have many other organizational ties, including Humboldt State University, Engineers Without Borders UK, and OLPC.
3) the main activities
Activities of the Foundation and the Appropedia community:
- the wiki. The main role of the Foundation is to make available the platform for knowledge-sharing. The actual work is taken on by the community, with people from around the globe, including "bottom of the pyramid" countries such as India and the Philippines, sharing their knowledge, designs and ideas through the wiki, and using it as a way to make connections with other (makers/workers...?)
- promotion of open content for development
- facilitating the transfering of information from other sources to the wiki (see Porting
- development and support of the Appropedia community of contributors and users
- engagement with other organizations and communities
- blog
- Microblogging at Identica & Twitter
4) way of organizing the activities
(see Appropedia Foundation)
5) anything else you consider relevant