Human Rights Day 2009 to be celebrated on 10 December

Tomorrow, on 10 December, the world will celebrate Human Rights Day, which this year focuses on the issue of non-discrimination.
Human Rights Day has been acknowledged annually since 1950 and is marked by political conferences, seminars on human rights issues, and cultural events and exhibitions. This year, the theme is non-discrimination, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [...]

1 billion mobile devices will access the Internet in 2010

This is an example of mobile use from Grameen Foundation AppLab Uganda Launch
Many people, especially in developing countries will visit Internet the first time in a mobile instead of a computer in 2010 according to IDCs prediction. we’re not yet talking about “the death of the PC”; far from it, as 2010 will see [...]

Agriculture and climate change

Not only does agriculture, especially in many developing countries, suffer the impacts of climate change, but it is also responsible for 14 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. However, agriculture could potentially be an important part of the solution, as well as contribute heavily to food security, according to a FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization [...]

Hans Rosling really shaped the world this year

MKFC Stockholm College is based in Sweden and we are very proud of Swedish Professor Hans Rosling who made it as number 96 on the Magazine Foreign Policies top 100 lists of thinkers that have shaped the world this year.
Hans Rosling is a professor in International Health and one of the founders of Gapminder Foundation [...]

Problem Based Learning and ICT in Pakistan

Following are the reflections about PBL from Shehla Tariq, a MKFC Teacher Training Pakistan student. She is taking MKFC Tecaher Training distance learning course from Pakistan through eLearning. She is working as lecturer of computer sciences in a Government Women’s college, Pakistan.
ICT and PBL
Communication technologies (ICT) and digital media can enhance the PBL-approaches [...]