Communicating after the earthquake

Phone lines collapsed soon after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, but large parts of the network infrastructure was actually intact. This led many people to use the internet and social networks to try and contact friends and relatives and get information about their condition.
According to a BBC article, Facebook, Twitter, and e-mailing were widely used [...]

A learning and technology revolution on its way in Rwanda?

Students with their laptops in a Nigerian school. Photo by: OLPC.
At times referred to as Africa’s high-tech economy, Rwanda is planning to transform its economy by 2020 – and technology is a big part of the plan. According to a recent Economist article, introducing computers in the classrooms is one of the key issues.
Part of [...]

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 [...]

Distance Learning can be Intimacy Learning

Intimacy is not about distance!
“We worry that IM, texting, Facebook are spoiling human intimacy, but Stefana Broadbent’s research shows how communication tech is capable of cultivating deeper relationships, bringing love across barriers like distance and workplace rules”. Watch Stefana Broadbents speak at TED Talks.

Did You Know 4.0

This is another official update to the original “Shift Happens” video.
This completely new Fall 2009 version includes facts and stats focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology
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