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Mobile Monday Fourth Annual Mobile Africa Research Report

Mobile Monday Fourth Annual Mobile Africa Research Report

Published on: May 07 2012 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Mobile Monday Fourth Annual Mobile Africa Research Report
The Mobile Monday Fourth Annual Mobile Africa Research Report, produced by MobileMonday and released at the annual Innovation Africa Digital Summit, addresses the...
We Need Affordable Broadband Internet for mLearning

We Need Affordable Broadband Internet for mLearning

Published on: May 04 2012 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on We Need Affordable Broadband Internet for mLearning
With all the talk of mEducation, USAID’s Grand Challenge, and the upcoming mEducation Alliance conference, there is something huge that is missing. It’s...
How to Use “How To” Videos to Change Practitioners Behaviors

How to Use “How To” Videos to Change Practitioners Behaviors

Published on: Apr 27 2012 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
I am Ann Jimerson, a behavior change specialist for Alive & Thrive at FHI 360. While working on a U.S.-based project on obesity, I’d had a gratifying...
Be Aware of Participant Response Bias in ICT4D Product Development

Be Aware of Participant Response Bias in ICT4D Product Development

Published on: Apr 25 2012 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Be Aware of Participant Response Bias in ICT4D Product Development
I am Nicki Dell, a PhD student at the University of Washington in Seattle. I’d like to tell you about a project that I did recently during an internship at Microsoft...
Giving Everyone a Laptop is Counterproductive for Learning

Giving Everyone a Laptop is Counterproductive for Learning

Published on: Apr 20 2012 by Guest Writer - 3 Comments
Here’s a quiz for you. Let’s say you are in the middle of a rural below-poverty-line area in a developing country. Let’s say you have 30 mobile phones, or...
Desktop vs Laptop? Bring LEARNING into the ICT4E discussion

Desktop vs Laptop? Bring LEARNING into the ICT4E discussion

Published on: Apr 18 2012 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Desktop vs Laptop? Bring LEARNING into the ICT4E discussion
It seems to be raining computing devices for development – with features that can (or will soon) address the need for ruggedness, security, use by multiple...
What Does OLPC Peru Teach Us About ICT in Education?

What Does OLPC Peru Teach Us About ICT in Education?

Published on: Apr 13 2012 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on What Does OLPC Peru Teach Us About ICT in Education?
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) has been a part of a larger ICT4E discussion, which has included ongoing debate over the effectiveness of the XO and its various...
Celebrating Failure with a FailFaire at ICTD2012

Celebrating Failure with a FailFaire at ICTD2012

Published on: Mar 14 2012 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Celebrating Failure with a FailFaire at ICTD2012
. I am Mustafa Naseem and I am attending ICTD 2012, the premier conference for the field of Information and Communication Technology for Development. ICTD opened...
8 Recommendations for ICT4E Intervention Success in African Schools

8 Recommendations for ICT4E Intervention Success in African Schools

Published on: Mar 02 2012 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 8 Recommendations for ICT4E Intervention Success in African Schools
A new report by Aptivate and the Centre for Commonwealth Education (University of Cambridge) suggests that there are practices that can be utilized to make ICT use...
Are School Computer Labs a Bad Idea?

Are School Computer Labs a Bad Idea?

Published on: Feb 27 2012 by Guest Writer - 4 Comments
I am Michael Trucano and as part of my job, I visit lots of schools around the world to see how they are actually using various types of educational technologies....
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