Public Interest Technology

This group contains curriculum and related materials in the area pf Public Interest Technology. Public Interest Technology (PIT) has been generally defined as technology for the public good. New America, a think tank that works on problems related to technology and society in the US, defines PIT as “a field dedicated to leveraging technology to support public interest organizations and the people they serve”. (https://www.newamerica.org/public-interest-technology/about/) The Ford Foundation, a funding agency focused on social justice issues, views PIT as “tech at work for the public” (https://www.fordfoundation.org/campaigns/public-interest-tech/) Since PIT is broadly defined, and an emerging discipline, there is a lack of available curricula that can be shared with the academic community. Because of this, there is a need for shared curricula materials that can be adopted into university majors, general education offerings, tracks within a major, interdisciplinary minors, etc. This site hopes to fill this curricula gap.

25 members | 34 affiliated resources

April 07th, 2023

Markus Siewert added PIT-UN: Policy Innovation Lab - Heinz College, CMU (Canvas Commons)

to Public Interest Technology - on Apr 07, 03:16am

August 30th, 2021

Public Interest Technology – Exploring COVID-19 Health Data was unpublished by the OER Commons

from Public Interest Technology - on Aug 30, 10:58am

Digital Storytelling as Community Practices by Early Childhood Teacher Candidates was unpublished by the OER Commons

from Public Interest Technology - on Aug 30, 10:57am

March 31st, 2021

Dimitrios Stroumbakis removed Lesson

from Public Interest Technology - on Mar 31, 10:25am

November 18th, 2020

Charles Liu added Physics For Everyone

to Public Interest Technology - on Nov 18, 02:44pm

November 01st, 2020

Rhonda Binda added An Introduction to Cryptocurrency Part 2

to Public Interest Technology - on Nov 01, 11:25pm

Rhonda Binda added The Rise of Cryptocurrency in the Global Arena Part 1

to Public Interest Technology - on Nov 01, 11:22pm

October 30th, 2020

Rhonda Binda added Brave New World - The Rise of Cities Globally: UrbanizationMeets Technological Innovation and Digitization

to Public Interest Technology - on Oct 30, 03:14pm

Rhonda Binda added Brave New World - Innovation 2.0 and Public Private Partnerhips (P3s)

to Public Interest Technology - on Oct 30, 03:09pm

Rhonda Binda added “CMR” Index and the U.S. Congressional Smart Cities

to Public Interest Technology - on Oct 30, 03:06pm

Rhonda Binda added Ethical Considerations and Risks

to Public Interest Technology - on Oct 30, 02:56pm

Rhonda Binda added Emerging Threats in Cybersecurity

to Public Interest Technology - on Oct 30, 02:45pm

Rhonda Binda added Privacy, Data Sharing and Evidence Based Policy Making

to Public Interest Technology - on Oct 30, 02:42pm

Rhonda Binda added Brave New World - Connectivity

to Public Interest Technology - on Oct 30, 02:27pm

Rhonda Binda added Mobility

to Public Interest Technology - on Oct 30, 02:24pm

Rhonda Binda added Brave New World - Reslience

to Public Interest Technology - on Oct 30, 02:20pm

Rhonda Binda added XR: What is Immersive Technology?

to Public Interest Technology - on Oct 30, 02:17pm

Rhonda Binda added Future of Work and Automation

to Public Interest Technology - on Oct 30, 02:11pm

Rhonda Binda added Internet of Things

to Public Interest Technology - on Oct 30, 01:49pm

Rhonda Binda added Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

to Public Interest Technology - on Oct 30, 01:41pm