Abstract
Technological growth has amplified the possibilities and necessity for collaboration across geographic borders. The sociotechnical systems which arise from and are developed to support such collaboration must transcend national boundaries, cultures and organisations. This paper is a response to the question of how we can make such sociotechnical systems flexible, sustainable and
participative. To this end, we use infrastructuring (a mode of participatory design) as a theoretical framework for an action research intervention into the development of a Learning Management System (LMS) to support collaboration between Australian and Chinese universities. Based on our findings, we propose interweaving the concepts of infrastructuring and publics as an innovative,
synergistic theoretical response to the challenges of implementing sociotechnical systems in a global context.
participative. To this end, we use infrastructuring (a mode of participatory design) as a theoretical framework for an action research intervention into the development of a Learning Management System (LMS) to support collaboration between Australian and Chinese universities. Based on our findings, we propose interweaving the concepts of infrastructuring and publics as an innovative,
synergistic theoretical response to the challenges of implementing sociotechnical systems in a global context.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 25th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) |
| Place of Publication | United States |
| Publisher | Association for Information Systems |
| Pages | 263-277 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780991556700 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2017 |
| Event | 25th European Conference on Information Systems - Guimarães, Portugal Duration: 5 Jun 2017 → 10 Jun 2017 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of the 25th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2017 |
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Conference
| Conference | 25th European Conference on Information Systems |
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| Country/Territory | Portugal |
| City | Guimarães |
| Period | 5/06/17 → 10/06/17 |