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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....
Agile Development In International Development – Learning From Software Development

Agile Development In International Development – Learning From Software Development

Published on: Feb 13 2012 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
A recent post from Eva Schiffer on “agile international development” prompted me to share more widely some reflections I have been brooding on for quite...
Beyond Earthquakes: Leveraging GIS and Volunteered Geographic Information to Build Haitian Schools

Beyond Earthquakes: Leveraging GIS and Volunteered Geographic Information to Build Haitian Schools

Published on: Jan 25 2012 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
In the aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake, Haitian citizens and the use of technology, particularly mobile and GIS technologies and social media, proved...
Which University Department Should Have ICT4D Studies?

Which University Department Should Have ICT4D Studies?

Published on: Jan 18 2012 by Guest Writer - 2 Comments
Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD) research brings together a community researchers from such varied fields as computer science, cognitive...
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