Material and appendices
Here you can find some material and appendices related to the PhD thesis:
"Patchworking as a metaphor for learning - Understanding youth, learning and technology"
The thesis in full can be downloaded as a PDF file 
here»
It especially concerns a group of young 'Power Users' work on the open-ended learning challenge 'how to reduce poverty in the world through the use of technology. They worked hard on this challenge and finally presented the results of their three days of intensive work to a large group of adults.
Their final presentation is described in some detail in this 
appendix» which gives a bit of insight into their line of argumentation and use of media.
The thesis was successfully defended on the 16th of November, where I gave an initial 45 minutes presentation followed by 2½ hours of questions from the committee members and two questions ex-auditorium.
The presentation from the defense can be found 
here»
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank all the people behind the Power Users Project for making this thesis possible, especially by arranging and hosting the Costa Rica Symposium. This symposium was a great success due to the hard work of especially Joyce Malyn-Smith, Caroline Parker, Siobhan Bredin, Ellen Nelson, Carolina Viquez, Christine Lyons and many others. All of this was also made possible through the support from Universidad Nacional Costa Rica, Omar Dengo Foundation, UN, Education Development Center (EDC) and a host of private sponsors (Microsoft, Adobe and many others).
In particular, I also wish to thank the Obel Foundation (Det Obelske Familiefond) for generously supporting the research project and making it possible for us to carry out the research!
Related articles and material
Dirckinck-Holmfeld, L. and T. Ryberg (2005). An emergent Agenda For the Research on Power Users of Technology. Power Users of Information and Communication Technology International Symposium. San Jose, Costa Rica, EDC. Download the 
full paper.
Ryberg, T. and L. Dirckinck-Holmfeld (2005). Challenges to Work and Education in the Knowledge Society - Studying Power Users of Technology. Power Users of Information and Communication Technology International Symposium. San Jose, Costa Rica, EDC. Downlpad the full paper.
Ryberg, Thomas, 2004. Initial queries into the notion of Power Users of Technology - Investigating ideas of production, competence and identity. Power Users of Information and Communication Technology Summit. New York, EDC Boston, 2004. Download the full paper.
