The e-Bario project, a project on community informatics for rural community liberalisation and development, has been cited and referenced as a model for projects in many countries. A second similar project, e-Bedian, was initiated and implemented in Sarawak, Malaysia, based on the e-Bario Model. However, the e-Bedian project took less than 5 months to be initiated and implemented, compared to the e-Bario project. This paper will examine how the e-Bedian ...
This paper describes how community informatics can help to overcome the digital divide between rural and urban communities in developing countries of Asia. The e-Bario project, a research initiative undertaken by a group of researchers from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) provides a context to demonstrate how information and communication technologies (ICTs) can provide opportunities for remote and rural communities to develop socially, culturally, and economically. The results of the initiative ...
In an attempt to close the digital gap between the developed urban and the technologically impoverished rural communities, telecentres have been identified as one of the most acknowledged solution. A baseline study was done on the Long Bedian community to determine its communication pattern taking into consideration certain recommended steps. Findings from the study revealed that the Long Bedian community was deprived of the modern ICT benefits and there is ...
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