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ICT4D - Still Moving Forward, Regardless
I was interested to read the recent and ongoing debate that ICT4D is slowly dying or perhaps just changing and thought I would throw my two cents in for what it’s worth.
Does Innovation Matter For The Global South?
I can always count on SciDevNet to provide some of the most interesting articles as it relates to science and technology in the Global South, and they did not disappoint last week.
Mongolia And MLearning: Mobile In Increasingly Urban (And Nomadic) Environments
A few years ago, I had written a piece based on data drawn from We Are Social detailing the landscape of Mongolia for mobile. I think of how mobile, and mobile learning, can accelerate development in an area that seems about poised to develop.
Panoply Digital’s Ronda Zelezny-Green Wins Prestigious National Award For Work In Mobile Learning
One of Panoply Digital’s directors and co-founders, Ronda Zelezny-Green, has been named as one of the 2015 Ten Outstanding Young Americans for her work in mobile learning.
Teaching In A Digital Era
I recently conducted a presentation on the role of blended learning and education technology in lecture rooms. The significant challenges which resonated with the audience of mostly lecturers coming from a variation of departments, was the need for pre and post training of lecturers in universities to enable them to integrate the use technology into their lecturing process.
Reflecting On MLearning
Since taking the helm of UN Women, Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has repeatedly stated that part of her work with the organization would include intelligently integrating technology where possible in the push to achieve gender equality in all areas of society.
Strange Bedfellows: Uber + UN Women Unite For... What?!
Since taking the helm of UN Women, Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has repeatedly stated that part of her work with the organization would include intelligently integrating technology where possible in the push to achieve gender equality in all areas of society.
Ethics In Mobile For Development (M4D): My Take At Panoply
As my particular focus in learning both in the developing and developed contexts, I tend to extend the inviolability of the teacher-student relationship into other aspects of my work here at Panoply, namely research, evaluation, and development projects.
Mobile Learning Week 2015: Learning From Successes (And Failures)
Last week saw UNESCO host the annual Mobile Learning Week in Paris – the fourth Mobile Learning Week, and the first to focus on the role of mobile learning in empowering women and girls.
Connectivity In Africa: The Snail Effect On E-Education
Several African countries such as Kenya, have led and dominated innovation and technology development in Africa as a result of amongst others, the wide spread connectivity within the country.
Can Online Classrooms Help The Developing World Catch Up?
There has been a lot of buzz around the opportunities for online learning for many years now, in particular, its ability to help level the field for those in the developing world.
Women And Technology On The Agenda At Davos 2015
Having tackled, or at least touched on, what are thought to be some of the world’s most pressing problems, the annual Davos meeting, convened by the World Economic Forum, came to an end on Saturday January 24th – but not without giving women and technology its due consideration.
Panoply Digital: Why We Are Here
Panoply Digital came to be through a shared desire to work towards the common good and do so efficiently. First and foremost, we banded together as we recognized a need. We felt that there were many consultancies and individual practitioners working out there broadly in this field of communications technology, but very few with the practical expertise that we have acquired through our work.