February 15, 2011
Global Impact Study research lead, Araba Sey, just spent one week in Ghana for a training exercise with STEPRI, the implementation team for our inventory and survey activities in Ghana. In addition to learning about the overall project structure and research design, participants discussed the inventory data collection process, and practiced administering the survey instruments.
January 18, 2011
Maybe the speed of the blogosphere makes people tell stories with underdeveloped angles. Or maybe, the “underdeveloped angle” provides a glimpse into the assumptions (correct or incorrect) that structure our thinking. It’s not misdirection, it’s revelatory. An example is this Atlantic piece, which asks “Why Isn’t the Internet Helping the Unemployed?” The premise is that the Internet…
December 23, 2010
It is becoming clear through recent research that public access ICT venues can play an important role in various crisis situations. As a contribution to the growing field of crisis informatics, we are pleased to announce our partnership with a related research study, The Role of Public Internet Access Venues in Disaster Management and Prevention: The Case of the 2010 Earthquake in Chile. Exploring the experiences of public access ICT venues in Chile after the 2010 earthquake, this study aims to identify findings that could help in other settings. Exploring the experiences of public access ICT venues in Chile after the 2010 earthquake, this study aims to identify findings that could help in other settings.
December 20, 2010
The Global Impact Study is pleased to announce that we have added Ghana as the fifth country to the user, venue, and non-user surveys and the sixth country for inventory data collection. The country research team will be led by Godfred Frempong of the Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI). The surveys and inventory activities in Ghana over the next year will expand the geographical representation of the Global Impact Study by including a country in Africa.
November 22, 2010
To further engage the University of Washington and Information School communities in mutual sharing of knowledge and learning, the Global Impact Study is leading research seminar sections on a variety of topics. Possible topics include literature reviews, analysis of quantitative and qualitative data, and applying research findings to practice in the library and information sciences field.
November 12, 2010
As part of the Global Impact Study, we are interested in analyzing the benefits and costs of public access to information and communication technology. The Global Impact Study is developing survey and hedonic pricing methods for describing the benefits and costs of public access to information and communication technology in seven countries.
November 3, 2010
I’m attending a TASCHA Talk, presented by Tyler Davis, an ESPA PhD student who is doing some BCA as part of the Global Impact Study. Lots of “economist” assumptions here. I must admit that I’m a little biased against BCA for a few reasons (which may be disproven after I know a little more about […]
November 2, 2010
TASCHA’s Maria Garrido is presenting her work on Social movements, solidarity networks, and the quest for social change in the Latin American context: The case of the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, Mexico on Friday, November 5, 2010. Join us at 11am in Mary Gates Hall, Room 420.
October 18, 2010
I realize from delving more into this that several of us have come to the same conclusion. I’m repeating myself but here goes: It’s not about building a big repository. Stop that. It’s about aggregating, not centralizing. Making it easy to find, aggregate, and mash up.
October 14, 2010
There are a series of interesting conversations occurring at the Telecenter Europe Summit (#TES10) around the importance of community technology programs to advance the EU e-inclusion goals. There is also a sense that these centers need to do a better job of tracking and measuring their work, both to make their case to funders and…
