Power, Access, Status: The Discourse of Race, Gender, and Class in the Maker Movement
This blog post is the fourth of five of the blog post series, “Making and the maker movement: A democratizing force or an example of cultural reproduction?” See the first blog post, second blog post, and third blog post.
Spaces and ‘Maker’ activities are promoted as being inclusive, open …
What role do MOOCs play in workforce development? New project launched to find out
Online courses have the potential to expand quality education and career training worldwide, but few people in developing countries access them. Now, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and CourseTalk.com, the largest source of reviews of online courses, are launching a …
Advancing MOOCs for Development
How can online education, like MOOCs, best help young adults across the developing world grow successful careers?
“Lifers,” Computers and Kids Community building and technology education in Tacoma’s Al Davies Boys and Girls Club
The ICTD field is filled with individual success stories extolling the benefits of ICT access and fluency. These stories are often highly influential because they are rhetorically powerful, memorable narratives that create lasting frames to contextualize and interpret other data. Unfortunately, they…
Mentors and Computers: Developing work and life skills in the Boys and Girls Clubs of Bellevue Washington
The ICTD field is filled with individual success stories extolling the benefits of ICT access and fluency. These stories are often highly influential because they are rhetorically powerful, memorable narratives that create lasting frames to contextualize and interpret other data. Unfortunately, they…
ICT Training and the ABCs of Employability: YearUp’s jobs program for urban youth
The ICTD field is filled with individual success stories extolling the benefits of ICT access and fluency. These stories are often highly influential because they are rhetorically powerful, memorable narratives that create lasting frames to contextualize and interpret other data. Unfortunately, they…
The Spirit of Volunteerism: Re-building Civil Society and Delivering Jobs through Youth Networks in Turkey
The ICTD field is filled with individual success stories extolling the benefits of ICT access and fluency. These stories are often highly influential because they are rhetorically powerful, memorable narratives that create lasting frames to contextualize and interpret other data. Unfortunately, they…
María Teresa: Centro Comunitario Santa Fe Evidence Narrative Worksheet
Evidence Narratives are a Center for Information and Society project designed to broaden and deepen our understanding of the impact of Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD).
Our intention is to choose examples of ICTD implementations carefully and to write about them…
Edgar: Centro Comunitario Santa Fe Evidence Narrative Worksheet
Evidence Narratives are a Center for Information and Society project designed to broaden and deepen our understanding of the impact of Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD).
Our intention is to choose examples of ICTD implementations carefully and to write about them…
Creating Opportunity at the Margins of Bogotá: ICT training at Centro de Juan Bosco Obrero
The ICTD field is filled with individual success stories extolling the benefits of ICT access and fluency. These stories are often highly influential because they are rhetorically powerful, memorable narratives that create lasting frames to contextualize and interpret other data. Unfortunately, they…