Online collaboration in e-participation

• Main Author: Ulit, Estefanie D.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2011
• Subjects: Internet in public administration; Virtual reality in education; Online social networks; Electronic government information; Computer Sciences
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/12618
• Institution: De La Salle University

There is often a missing link between the use of technology and the task that is intended to be accomplished. This issue is present in e-Governance and e-Participation. In fact, among the gaps in e-Participation are the use of the appropriate ICT tools and the best practices involved in the online activity. Since e-Participation is particularly new, the concept of the system opens up a wide array of research opportunities, specifically in the area of online collaboration. Online collaboration is commonly perceived as a casual online activity in order to answer questions from the virtual community and discuss ideas and opinions covering a certain field of interest. This perception provides a shallow understanding of the concepts, structures, and issues of interaction involved in a collaborative environment. Additionally, it limits the conceptualization of other useful functions of the online structure for e-governance The establishment of virtual communities should not only be seen as an online phenomenon but also as an enabling tool for good governance. E-participation takes advantage of internet technology in order to provide areas for information exchange and interaction between the government and citizens.This research will further explore the integration of online collaboration and e-Participation as web-based virtual communities. There is a need to analyze and evaluate how various stakeholders involved in government processes interact in order to accomplish endeavours that require collaboration. Online tools and principles will be examined and determine how they can be used in structuring an online e-Participation system.