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UNDP-APDIP’s “e-Primers” open-sourced
People over at the UNDP’s Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP) have caught on to the brilliance of Wikis. They’ve released a bunch of their “e-Primers” under a GFDL license onto Wikibooks. What this means is that they are free to … Continue reading
Recent news – Internet governance, China-Africa Summit and more
There seem to be so many things going on these days. Maybe it’s just that time of year or maybe I’m finally awaking from semi-hiatus. Either way, I’m probably going to cover a lot of news in this post. Two … Continue reading
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$100 laptop having an impact on open source communities
This LinuxWorld article demonstrates several ways in which the MIT Media Lab’s $100 laptop project is affecting open source software development, “Doing it for the kids, man: Children’s laptop inspires open source projects – Network World” As Negroponte, the “granddaddy” … Continue reading
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United Nations University embraces opencourseware
The United Nations University (UNU), a network of specialised research and knowledge sharing programs, has announced that it has joined the OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCW Consortium). The OCW Consortium is an initiative which I believe was launched by MIT after they … Continue reading
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Connecting Africa
I came across an entry on the APC.ORG blog site the other day about the lack of submarine fibre cables to and from the African continent. They point to an interesting map of submarine cables throughout the world and point … Continue reading
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Outsourcing university research as development aid?
Newsweek-International Edition this week (Aug. 21-28, 2006) has several reports about higher education. The main piece is about newly published rankings of universities throughout the world. Among the factors used to determine the rankings are number of international faculty and … Continue reading
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