Designing a social online network : decreasing fragmentation in the UBC student led sustainability movement
department or school: Business, Sauder School of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
contributor: University of British Columbia. Sustainability Office
creator: Hodgson, Emma
creator: Nyrose, Sarah
issued: 2014-12-08T18:01:49Z
issued: 2008-04-21
description: The University of British Columbia has recognized sustainability as being a prominent issue over the past decade, and has become a leader in advocating sustainable practices. Although the University has made many admirable steps, due to the size of the campus, the existing communities remain fragmented. This hinders the overall success of the student led sustainability movement. Considering the present time and dire need for change, addressing this issue is of utmost importance. Through careful research of the sustainability movement on campus, we identified the key issues surrounding student groups involved in such initiatives at UBC. Under the overarching issue of fragmentation, a lack of communication, collaboration and consensus, create barriers that prevent groups from reaching their full potential. With these issues, and our target audience in mind, we designed a social online network aimed at bridging these gaps. Built upon the three pillars of sustainability, stressing the social, economic and environmental implications of our actions, this social online network provides an essential core for this decentralized community. The process of designing this site included research into elements of web design and programs that target sustainable behaviour, which translated into the creation of grey box diagrams (illustrations which outline the information layout of the site). We recommend that this design be implemented at the University to address the identified issues. In addition to covering the features and functions of this site, we have provided an outlined agenda regarding the development and implementation of this social online network. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear i…
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note: UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report Designing a Social Online Network: Decreasing Fragmentation in the UBC Student Led Sustainability Movement Emma Hodgson, Sarah Nyrose University of British Columbia COMM 490D April 21, 2008 Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report”. Designing a Social Online Network; Decreasing Fragmentation in the UBC Student Led Sustainability Movement Emma Hodgson and Sarah Nyrose COMM 490D Dr. Andrew Burton-Jones April 21, 2008 Executive Summary The University of British Columbia has recognized sustainability as being a prominent issue over the past decade, and has become a leader in advocating sustainable practices. Although the University has made many admirable steps, due to the size of the campus, the existing communities remain fragmented. This hinders the overall success of the student led sustainability movement. Considering the present time and dire need for change, addressing this issue is of utmost importance. Through careful research of the sustainability movement on campus, we identified the key issues surrounding student groups involved in such initiatives at UBC. Under the overarching issue of fragmentation, a lack of communication, collaboration and consensus, create barriers that prevent groups from reaching their full potential. With these issues, and our target audience in mind, we designed a social online network aimed at bridging these gaps. Built upon the three pillars…
has type: Report
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0108695
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
scholar level: Undergraduate
is part of: University of British Columbia. COMM 490
is part of: UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/51408