There is a perception that if you have not "published" or your work is not on the web, then you do not exist, this believe is more popular among the Generation Next Group (young communities). In other words, if someone is a professor or senior or just a lecturer and "has not published", then that is a big challenge to especially this particular group.
Many of the scholars have infact done their theses but have not published these due to various reasons which include avoiding potential comments, public scrutiny etc. Others basically did not have the money to have their work published.
At the same time, there are also many scholars including the author of this content have been pondering as to how they could publish their theses on the web especially those who want to share their research outcome and recommendations with the public.
From the Web 2.0 training workshop currently underway in Windhoek, Namibia, participants were trained to make use of some google tools that can make both our professional and social communication easy.
One of the tools we learnt include Google drive which enables scholars to publish their theses or research proposals in a protected format - such as read - only or in a pdf file. The author or publisher can then invite the particular communities of practice or individuals to view, comment or even edit a particular post or document, but only if mandated to do so.
This to me is such a great opportunity availed to anyone who wants to empower fellow Namibians or the general public on the content that has just been developed on the web.
So, if you have to tools at your disposals, laptops, PC's and mobiles, why don't you just learn how to make use of such functions that can just make your life easier?
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