November 21, 2017
From November 27 – 29, the Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation (MBPAF) will conduct the first full implementation of the Data for Decision Making curriculum in Yangon, Myanmar. Approximately 30 individuals from the following government ministries and civil society organizations will participate: Ministry of Information Ministry of Education Mandalay City Development Committee Union Civil Service Board Statistic…
November 16, 2017
Earlier this week more than 30 iSchool and other UW students gathered for lively discussion on TASCHA’s current work and prospective opportunities to contribute and collaborate with the TASCHA team (a few pictures from the event are below). Researchers clustered around three main areas of TASCHA’s research– 21st Century Skills, Data for Change, and the…
November 3, 2017
Please join us for the Change Seminar this week on Tuesday 11/7/2017 in CSE 691, the Gates Commons. Note the change in location! Who: Jen Mankoff (UW CSE) What: A Multi-stakeholder look at Energy use and Behavior Change When: Tuesday Nov 7 Where: 12pm in CSE 691 (Gates Commons) Abstract: This talk will explore a multi-stakeholder perspective on energy use and explore how behavior change technologies can better integrate multiple perspectives. By exploring energy…
October 31, 2017
Are you interested in how access to information contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals? Passionate about digital inclusion & literacy, access to technology, communication, and information resources? Curious how data collection and analysis can support development? Wonder how data-driven policy decision making can be supported in organizations? At this event, we’ll provide a brief overview…
October 25, 2017
In September TASCHA welcomed new senior research scientist Jason Young to the team. Jason had just finished his PhD with the Department of Geography from the University of Washington before being hired by TASCHA. His dissertation explored how Canadian Inuit, an Arctic Indigenous people, are using information and communication technologies to participate in environmental politics related…
October 24, 2017
“Information and communications technologies have the potential to provide new solutions to development challenges, particularly in the context of globalization, and can foster economic growth, competitiveness, access to information and knowledge, poverty eradication and social inclusion.” — UN General Assembly Resolution (A/RES/65/141) Over 40 years ago, the United Nations General Assembly mandated World Information Development Day to bring…
October 18, 2017
Maria Garrido and Lucas Koepke‘s work on advancing massive open online courses (MOOCS) for development was featured in Nature,“The shape of work to come.” The piece delves into transformations happening across the workplace that have been shaped and amplified by advances in digital technology. Pressing and complex topics revolving around the future of work are deconstructed throughout…
October 12, 2017
TASCHA will engage with the broader ICTD community on the UW campus with a new role in a partnered lecture series. The Change seminar, which was initially hosted by the ICTD lab in CSE is transitioning into a cross-campus collaboration, and will be involving faculty and students not only from ICTD lab but also TASCHA,…
September 29, 2017
A principios de esta semana, la IFLA organizó un webinar donde se discutió los principales hallazgos del reporte “Desarrollo y Acceso a Información”. El reporte fue elaborado en una colaboración entre IFLA y TASCHA y demuestra las diferentes formas en las que el acceso significativo a la información (A2I, por sus siglas en inglés) es necesario para…
September 28, 2017
Earlier this week the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) hosted a webinar discussing the recent report, Development and Access to Information. The report was produced through a partnership between IFLA and TASCHA, and demonstrates how access to information (A2I) is necessary for the economic, social, and political advancement of communities, the underpinnings of the…
