Published on: Aug 18 2022 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 10 Common ICT4D Myths Still Relevant 12 Years Later
Information and communication technology is changing the world around us day by day. Most of these changes are, of course, for the better. One of the first groups...
Today in the USA it is Thanksgiving, which used to be a day we gave thanks for a bountiful harvest and successful preparations for winter, but now usually means...
Traditional design works hard to accommodate people, to accept their attitudes, skills, and values as they are. International development, however, typically requires...
When we advocate for investments in new digital development solutions, we often make the case for them to be dead simple to use, expecting our constituents to be...
I firmly believe in Kentaro Toyama’s maxim that technology magnifies human intent (read his book Geek Heresy?), and since I am an optimist, I therefore believe...
Published on: Jun 17 2013 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on RSVP Now to Debate MOOCs Impact in the Developing World
Stanford, Harvard, MIT, and many more top name universities are launching Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to hundreds, and hundred of thousands of students....
Published on: Mar 14 2012 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Celebrating Failure with a FailFaire at ICTD2012
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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...
Published on: Mar 30 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Digital Divide or Digital Bridge: Can Information Technology Alleviate Poverty?
The past decade has seen great interest in information and communication technologies applied to international development, an endeavor sometimes abbreviated ICTD....
Published on: Jan 28 2011 by Kentaro Toyama - Comments Off on Bursting the 9 Myths of Computing Technology in Education
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I am Kentaro Toyama, and in the Educational Technology Debate post, There Are No Technology Shortcuts to Good...