MKFC in report about ICT for Sustainable Education and Cultural Literacy

Between the 6-7 October 2008 we participated and made presentations at the “International Workshop on Ubiquitous ICT for Sustainable Education and Cultural Literacy” in Hämeenlinna, Finland.
The University of Tampere, Hämeenlinna campus, a Finnish UNEVOC Centre, the Finnish National Commission for UNESCO and the German-Jordanian University has jointly published a report with the contributions to [...]

New research about the social web and learning

The Journal of Computer Assisted Learning is an international peer-reviewed journal which covers the whole range of uses of information and communication technology to support learning and knowledge exchange. It aims to provide a medium for communication between researchers and the practitioners and to foster collaborative research.
This month Journal of Computer Assisted Learning has a [...]

Food shortages can worsen if strong action is not taken, UN warns

On January 26, at the opening in Madrid of a meeting on Food Security for All, representatives of several key international agencies pledged to take commitments against hunger and malnutrition more seriously.
The United Nations sponsored the meeting, which was hosted and organized by the Spanish government. UN officials and chiefs of international agencies participated [...]

ICT promotes social inclusion and empowerment

What are the possibilities of ICT to promote social inclusion and empower people in different ways?
The film below deals with how ICT can facilitate the lives of people with disabilities around the world. Reginald Oduor, a university lecturer in Nairobi, Kenya, has been blind since early childhood. But by using special software and ICT [...]

Master Programme in ICT for development

To increase awareness and knowledge about how ICT can contribute to socio-economic development, there is a SPIDER supported master programme in ICT for development. The Department of Computer and Systems Sciences is a joint department between Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of Technology, KTH
In order to enter the programme, a bachelor degree or a [...]