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 mHealth: A Developing Country Perspective, by Saroj Mishra and Indra Pratap Singh
Focus: Health
The health care environment is currently changing, and the health sector is being transformed to meet new challenges and to benefit from new opportunities. Priorities for the 21st century ought to be set based on emerging dominant trends in health care, including the shift towards shared or integrat....
Sector: Civil society

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 Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning, by George Siemens and Peter Tittenberger, University of Manitoba
Focus: Education, ICT for improving educational systems, Higher education, Science, technology and innovation
Higher education is in the midst of transformative (but exciting) change. Over the next decade, the practices of teaching and learning “will undergo fundamental change”2 as universities and colleges respond to global, social, political, technological, and learning research trends. A duality of chang....
Sector: Academia

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 ICTD – Is it a new species of development? by Anita Gurumurthy
Focus: Digital Divide
In the not so distant past, when either-or debates about ICTs and ''other'' development priorities were doing the rounds, a typical phrase would be – But email is no substitute for vaccines!! Thankfully, ICTD has moved from that conjuncture. I recall something from a research we recently publishe....
Sector: Civil society

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 ICTs in Education in Africa: a collection of PanAf newsletter’s articles
Country: Africa | Focus: Education
In this document you will find a collection of articles published by researchers of the “PanAfrican Research Agenda on the Pedagogical Integration of ICTs” (PanAf) during the two years of the project implementation. This document provides analysis, evidence of experiences in integrating technology i....
Sector: Civil society

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 Munich Personal RePEc Archive: ICT in Education: A Study of Public Health Education
Focus: Education, Education and disease prevention
Modern technologies such as Information Communication Technologies have helped many of the development sectors. One of the sectors it has lot of scope to develop is the Education. It is also evident from the experience that the benefits of these technologies have contributed much in the area of heal....
Sector: Academia

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 ODI: Mobile phones for development and profit: a win-win scenario
Focus: Wireless technologies, Entrepreneurship
As the number of mobile phone subscribers soars worldwide, this Opinion argues that increasing mobile penetration brings developmental benefits, but effective regulation is required to ensure fair competition and encourage roll-out to underserved areas.    The Opinion outlines  th....
Sector: Civil society

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 WEF: The Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009
Focus: Metrics and Stats
Denmark and Sweden once again lead the rankings of The Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009, released for the eighth consecutive year by the World Economic Forum. The United States follows suit, up one position from last year, thus confirming its pre-eminence in networked readiness in t....
Sector: Academia

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 WASET: Convergence of ICT and Education, by Raju Kumar
Focus: Education
Information and communication technology (ICT) has become, within a very short time, one of the basic building blocks of modern society. Many countries now understanding the importance of ICT and mastering the basic skills and concepts of it as part of the core of education. Organizations, experts a....
Sector: Academia

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 ITU: Confronting the Financial Crisis: Its Impact on the ICT Industry
Focus: Entrepreneurship
But what are the consequences for the global ICT industry? Telecommunications and the Internet are now vital service platforms, underpinning much of international trade and the global financial system, not to mention personal communications. ICTs are pervasive general purpose technologies. Even befo....
Sector: International Organization

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 IDRC: African Women and ICTs - Investigating Technology, Gender and Empowerment
Focus: Gender
The revolution in information and communication technologies (ICTs) has vast implications for the developing world, but what tangible benefits has it brought when issues of social inclusion and exclusion, particularly in the developing world, remain at large? In addition, the gender digital divi....
Sector: International Organization

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 IDRC: Telehealth in the Developing World
Focus: Health
Health care is primarily about people-to-people interactions. It is about understanding, diagnosis, physical contact, communication, and, ultimately, providing care. By bringing people together, telecommunication technologies have the potential to improve both the quality of and access to health....
Sector: International Organization

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 COL: Education for a Digital World
Focus: Education, Best practices and lessons-learned
Digital information technologies are transforming the way we work, learn, and communicate. Within this digital revolution are new learning approaches that transform hierarchical, industrial-based models of teaching and learning. The creation of this book employed the very principles it espouse....
Sector: Civil society

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 UNF: mHealth for Development: The Opportunity of Mobile Technology for Healthcare in the Developing World
Focus: Wireless technologies, Health, Health Tools for Consumers, Health Tools for Health Professionals, ICT for improving health systems, Surveillance and Geographical Information Systems, Telemedicine
This report examines issues at the heart of the rapidly evolving intersection of mobile phones and healthcare. It helps the reader to understand mHealth’s scope and implementation across developing regions, the health needs to which mHealth can be applied, and the mHealth applications that promi....
Sector: Civil society

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 GKP-OWSA: Fixing the Climate with ICT
Focus: Climate change
Produced by OneWorld South Asia in partnership with GKP, this advocacy guide is the result of the virtual GKP Forum on Climate Change held from 20 May – 9 June 2008 and captures in summary, key conclusions from discussions around the role ICT, partnerships and networks in promoting the creation ....
Sector: Civil society

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 Vital Wave Consulting: Landscape Analysis of Low-cost Computing Devices
Focus: Youth, Education, Science, technology and innovation
The information technology (IT) industry has an ongoing fascination with low-cost computing devices. The media and manufacturers alike have brought the topic to the public’s attention with new zeal every few years. This report reviews and analyzes the evolving landscape of low-cost computing d....
Sector: Private Sector

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 infoDev: Survey of ICT and Education in the Caribbean: Regional Trends and Analysis (Volume 1)
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean
This Survey provides a general overview of current activities and issues related to ICT use in education in individual Caribbean countries and territories. It is intended to address the information needs and interests of donor organizations as well as Caribbean education policymakers, strategists, a....

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 iConnect Online: Diffusion of information communication technology in selected Ghanaian schools
Country: Ghana | Focus: Education, ICT for improving educational systems
This research paper, written by Mr. Ebenezer Malcolm and Dr. Francis Godwyll from Ohio University, USA, explores the state of ICT integration in the educational system in Ghana. The emphasis is on how ICTs are currently being used in the education sector in Ghana, what is actually happening on the ....
Sector: Academia

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 AED: Small Technology - Big Impact: Practical Options for Development
Focus: Science, technology and innovation, Millennium Development Goals
Technology has dramatically changed the world—now almost anyone can “move” at Internet-speed people who were marginalized are able to find information on acquiring micro-loans to start businesses, and villages previously unconnected to the telecommunications grid now have affordable cell phone acce....
Sector: Civil society

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 The Connectivity Scorecard
Focus: Connectivity, Metrics and Stats
The Connectivity Scorecard is an urgent ‘wake-up’ call for the world’s governments and businesses. It reveals that even the world’s most advanced economies are not exploiting the full potential of connectivity. The results? Hundreds of billions of dollars in lost potential revenues, poorer access t....
Sector: Private Sector, Academia

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 UNESCO: Using ICT to develop literacy
Focus: Local Content, Education, Adult and continuing education, Teachers Training
The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) continues to expand exponentially, bringing unprecedented opportunities for achieving greater educational access and success. Given this potential, UNESCO recognizes that attention should be paid to how ICT can contribute to increasing acce....
Sector: International Organization

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 IICD: Rural Access: Options and Challenges for Connectivity and Energy in Ghana (2008)
Focus: Rural and last mile access
A study carried out for IICD and the Ghana Information Network for Knowledge Sharing (GINKS) by Jonnie Akakpo, Consolidated Solutions Limited (CSL). It is part of a wider initiative by IICD to prepare a series of reports about connectivity and Internet access in rural areas with its partners. The....
Sector: Civil society

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 iConnect Online: Developing ICT enabled education –The future for Ghana
Country: Ghana | Focus: Education, ICT for improving educational systems
Ghana’s education’s service has gone through several cycles implementing a range Information Communication Technology (ICT) programmes in its delivery, Emily Nyarko explores the various cycles and its current E-Schools initiative.
Sector: Civil society

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 First Monday: Learning in and with an open wiki project: Wikiversity’s potential in global capacity building, by Teemu Leinonen, Tere Vaden, and Juha
Focus: Education, Adult and continuing education
There is a chance that Wikiversity will become the Internet’s free university just as Wikipedia is the free encyclopedia on the Internet. The building of an educational entity demands considering a number of philosophical and practical questions such as pedagogy and organization. In this paper we....
Sector: Academia

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 JISC: Managing Sustainable ICT in Further and Higher Education: Strategic Overview
Focus: Education, Adult and continuing education, Higher education, Environment, Climate change, ICT waste management
This document provides a strategic overview of the current issues concerning the management of environmentally sustainable Information and Communications  Technology (ICT) in further and higher education. The information contained in this strategic overview draws on the final report of the J....
Sector: Academia

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 UNESCO Bangkok: ICT Portal for Teachers
Focus: Education, ICT for improving educational systems, Teachers Training
This site provides a comprehensive range of useful ICT in Education information for teachers and educators, particularly those in the Asia-Pacific region, including: teaching guidelines, lesson plans, and links to online ICT teacher training courses.
Sector: International Organization

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 UNESCO: Ubiquitous ICT for Sustainable Education and Cultural Literacy'
Focus: Education
This publication is a product of a collected effort by international leaders and aims to offer a tool for a better understanding of the challenges global education and cultural dialogue. It provides findings and thoughts that can contribute to enhancing the accord among nations, and to building ....
Sector: International Organization

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 Book: Adapting technology for school improvement: a global perspective
Focus: Education, ICT for improving educational systems
The premise of this book is that the move to advanced technology use in primary and secondary schools offers great hope for improving the access, quality, and efficiency of basic education. In the view of many, this move is inevitable. So far, however, these strategies have not yet lived up to t....
Sector: International Organization

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 Technology in Schools: Education, ICT and the Knowledge Society
Focus: Education, ICT for improving educational systems, Knowledge Sharing
This document offers examples and insights on a number of issues that are relevant to policy-makers indeveloping countries. A particular effort has been made to demonstrate that introducing ICT into theschools, without a proper staff development plan and without a pedagogical perspective, is a low-r....
Sector: Civil society

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 Mobile Health: The potential of mobile telephony to bring health care to the majority
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean | Focus: Wireless technologies, Health
Acute and emerging epidemiological challenges are encouraging public sector to welcome and support the development of increasingly innovative health care initiatives. Given that nearly 70 out of every 100 people carry a mobile phone in the region, if the easy-to-use mobile platform can be applied to....

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 LifeLines India
Country: India | Focus: Wireless technologies, Access, Education, Agriculture
LifeLines is a novel initiative for information services delivery, which uses an innovative mix of internet and telephony to provide critical and timely information to communities in rural India on a range of livelihood and related issues. Initiated by OneWorld in collaboration with British Tel....
Sector: Civil society

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