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@article{citeulike:5778962, abstract = {Social software and Web 2.0 provides new opportunities for participation and collaborative knowledge construction in peer support and self-care to live well despite transient or permanent health problems. Opportunities include many to many interactions to share and accumulate knowledge and experiences from several perspectives. We are conducting a study to create a collaborative environment for peer support and knowledge construction related to a rare condition. The study draws from participatory design and agile approach to development; extensively using design workshops and iterative prototyping. Several workshops led to systematize perspectives of different participant groups, and provided feedback about functionalities illustrated in different mock-ups and prototypes. Here we report experiences, and focus on feedback from participants leading to special considerations in design of the web-based environment.}, author = {Moen, Anne and Sm{\o}rdal, Ole and Sem, Idunn}, citeulike-article-id = {5778962}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19745318}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19745318}, issn = {0926-9630}, journal = {Studies in health technology and informatics}, keywords = {social\_networking, web20}, pages = {302--306}, posted-at = {2009-09-13 09:45:25}, priority = {2}, title = {Web-based resources for peer support - opportunities and challenges.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19745318}, volume = {150}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5778962 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5778962 N2 - Social software and Web 2.0 provides new opportunities for participation and collaborative knowledge construction in peer support and self-care to live well despite transient or permanent health problems. Opportunities include many to many interactions to share and accumulate knowledge and experiences from several perspectives. We are conducting a study to create a collaborative environment for peer support and knowledge construction related to a rare condition. The study draws from participatory design and agile approach to development; extensively using design workshops and iterative prototyping. Several workshops led to systematize perspectives of different participant groups, and provided feedback about functionalities illustrated in different mock-ups and prototypes. Here we report experiences, and focus on feedback from participants leading to special considerations in design of the web-based environment. JF - Studies in health technology and informatics SN - 0926-9630 EP - 306 TI - Web-based resources for peer support - opportunities and challenges. VL - 150 SP - 302 KW - social_networking KW - web20 AU - Moen, Anne AU - Smørdal, Ole AU - Sem, Idunn PY - 2009/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19745318 ER -