Evolution of ICT for Development
This part of the OER is a collection of links to virtual projects, interesting blogs and articles. It includes also additional videos and all references.
"Virtual" projects
This is a collection of some interesting ICT4D projects (non-governmental and governmental).
Virtual Voice - Community Media Trust (India) - this projects aims at Indian women in training them for video journalism
Kiirti.org - an Indian platform to enable effective governance
ChangeStream Media - Digital Storytelling (creating media for communities in developing countries and non-profit organisations)
digitalGREEN - a knowledge platform
Open Educational Resources Africa
PRADAN
Professional Assistance for Development Action (India) - a
non-government, non-profit organisation that works with India’s rural
poor
eSEVA - e-services of the government of Andhra Pradesh
hisp - Health Information Systems Programme - implementation and development of sustainable and integrated health information systems
Blogs and guidelines
ICT4D blog by Richard Heeks
Many Possibilities - Blog by Steve Song. Focus on telecommunication e.g. wifi mesh in developing countries.
Monitoring and Evaluating
Information and Communication for Development (ICD) guidelines (PDF) by the Department for International Development, 2005
The Roadmap for Open ICTEcosystems (The Berkman Center for Internet & Society) PDF
Participatory content creation for development: Principles and Practices (UNESCO, 2008) PDF
Ideas and Impressions
Watch Sugata Mitra's talk about his idea of a school in the cloud (or what could be a school in the future).
This video contains short interviews with ICT4D actors about the impact of ICT4D projects.
This movie gives you an impression of the challenges ICT4D projects face in Africa.
Data resources
These websites contain data about several topics in form of maps or charts.
Aiddata.org - Open data for international development
Ngoaidmap.org - Map of NGO's projects
ITU (International Communication Union) - There you’ll find statistics and information about worldwide distribution of communication technology.
Data site of the World Bank
ChartsBin.com - This is a web-based data visualization tool.
The Global Impact Study - Connecting people for development: Why public access ICTs matter, 2013
Key readings
Are you interested to explore this field further? The following articles offer you different perspectives of important aspects of ICT4D.
Bailur, S., 2007. The Complexities of Community Participation in ICT for Development Projects : the Case of “our voices .” 9th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, (May 2007). Available at: http://www.ifipwg94.org.br/fullpapers/R0010-1.pdf [Accessed October 13, 2013].
Brunello, P., 2010. ICT for education projects: a look from behind the scenes. Information Technology for Development, 16(3), pp.232–239.
Heeks, R., 2009. The ICT4D 2.0 Manifesto: Where Next for ICTs and International Development? Available at: http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/research/publications/wp/di/di_wp42.htm.
Selwyn, N., 2011. Does Technology make Education fairer? In Education and technology: Key issues and debates. London: Continuum, pp. 92–115.
Tacchi, J., 2011. Open content creation: The issues of voice and the challenges of listening. New Media & Society, 14(4), pp.652–668.
Toyama, K., 2010. Can technology end poverty. Boston Review. Available at: http://www.bostonreview.net/forum/can-technology-end-poverty.
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