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Digital meaning:exploring and understanding the motivations and experiences of virtual volunteers
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Abstract
Virtual volunteering is a convenient and powerful way for Volunteer-Involving Organisations to leverage skilled volunteers with Internet access to help build organisational capacity and access specialised skills. This paper identified a gap in the HCI literature in relation to formal, organisation-led virtual volunteering and discusses findings from a recent study detailing the main motivations of virtual volunteers and how ICTs influenced their volunteering experience. Example design considerations and future research opportunities are provided.
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OzCHI '17: Proceedings of the 29th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction
November 2017
678 pages
ISBN:9781450353793
DOI:10.1145/3152771
- Conference Chair:
- Margot Brereton
Queensland University of Technology
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- Alessandro Soro
Queensland University of Technology
, - Dhaval Vyas
Queensland University of Technology
, - Bernd Ploderer
Queensland University of Technology
, - Ann Morrison
University of Southern Queensland
, - Jenny Waycott
University of Melbourne
, - Margot Brereton
Queensland University of Technology
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