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New Media Is the Future, Let’s Make the Most of It

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Tags: Ines Dussel, Latin America, new media, Nick Carr, Pedagogy
Posted in Literacies: Old and New | 10412 Comments »2010-08-24+13%3A31%3A48Kevin_Donovan

Does Google Make Us Stupid? Attention, Thoughtfulness and Literacy in the Networked Age

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Tags: books, Digital Divide, Gutenberg divide, ICT Literacy, Ines Dussel, Marion Walton, Nick Carr, Steve Vosloo
Posted in Literacies: Old and New | 99013 Comments »2010-08-02+13%3A30%3A44Kevin_Donovan

Do Computers and Internet Access at Home Reduce Student Test Scores?

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Tags: Home Computers, Household Internet Access, Human Capital, Jacob Vigdor, Low-Income Students, North Carolina, Ofer Malamud, Romania, Test Scores
Posted in Educational ICT at Home | 95219 Comments »2010-07-12+13%3A32%3A32wayan

Let’s Focus on Educational Media, Not ICT Devices

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Tags: $10 Computer, 8-bit computer, Copyrights, Derek Lomas, Digital Educational Media, Intellectual Property, Millee, NYU, Oregon Trail, Playpower, Video Games
Posted in Low-Cost ICT Devices | 9378 Comments »2010-06-24+13%3A34%3A30wayan

Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) Improves Indian Student Learning

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Tags: English, India, Interactive Radio Instruction, Kannada, Life Skills, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Tamil, Technology Tools for Teaching, Telugu
Posted in ICT Tools for South Asia | 7602 Comments »2010-04-12+13%3A17%3A30wayan

WikiEducator: Empowering Teachers with eLearning

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Tags: Free Content, Ian Thomson, Mediawiki, New Zealand, Open Education Resource, Teacher Training, WikiEducator, Wikipedia
Posted in eLearning Promise | 7401 Comment »2010-03-23+13%3A26%3A21wayan

Collaborative Learning 2.0 for Pakistan

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Tags: Abdul Aziz Bhatti, Collaboration, Federal Government Model School, KZO Education, Learning 2.0, Metadata, Pakistain, Phil Cruver, Web 2.0
Posted in eLearning Promise | 7295 Comments »2010-03-19+13%3A30%3A15wayan

Strategies for Deploying eLearning in Developing Countries

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Tags: Cavin Mugarura, eLearning, eLearning Revolution, eLearning Support Centers, Extranets, ICT infrastructure, National Backbone, Open Source Software
Posted in eLearning Promise | 71912 Comments »2010-03-16+14%3A35%3A15wayan

Assistive Technology Must Address Extreme Poverty and Support Local Content

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Tags: Assistive Technology, Cliff Schmidt, Content, Electricty, Language, Literacy Bridge, Poverty, Talking Book
Posted in Assistive Technology | 6982 Comments »2010-02-25+13%3A55%3A27wayan

Hidden Opportunity: Mobile Reading Solutions for the Blind

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Tags: Benetech, Blind, Eyes Free, LookingAid Mobile, Mobile Speak, Nokia, Nuance Talks, OCR, Paul Lamb, Smartphones, Visually Impaired
Posted in Assistive Technology | 6713 Comments »2010-02-10+14%3A27%3A31wayan