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Five Factors in Good Software Game Design for the Developing World
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83% of all PC Software in East Africa is Pirated: Does it Matter?
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Libraries: the Dirty but Effective Word in Public Access to ICT
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The Rise of the Voluntary Humanitarian Technologist in Disaster Response
Excerpt from Volunteer Technology Communities: Open Development
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The Facebook-less Africa: Where Electronic Social Networks Don’t Reach
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Open Call for Submissions: What are the Greatest Challenges in Promoting Literacy with ICT?
Last month, we had a great Educational Technology Debate on the theme of What ICT can improve reading skills of learners in primary schools? Five solutions were...
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