Resources for Technology for Education in Developing Countries

Conferences

• ED-MEDIA 2003, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications  

• International Conference on Problems and Prospects of Education in Developing Countries.  Themes: Learning and Transfer, Technology, Financing, Equity, Access, Leadership, Health.  
• ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education

•  IEEE International Conference on Information Technology: Research and Education (Newark, NJ, Aug. 2003)

• International Conference on Engineering Education - Engineering Education in Developing Countries (Manchester, UK, Aug. 2002)

• New Research on Education in Developing Countries (Stanford University, Aug. 2000)

• ACM Development by Design (2nd Intl. Conf. on Open Collaborative Design for Sustainable Innovation) (Bangalore, India, Dec. 2002)

• Global Village Seminar (Indian Institute of Science, Nov. 1998)

• Education related conference list

Web Portals

• Thinkcycle (MIT)

          A collaborative online community working on global design challenges, creating an evolving database of problems and solutions contributed by

          individuals and organizations around the world

• Digital Divide Network

          The website offers a range of information, tools and resources on digital divide developments.  It serves as forum where practitioners can

          share their experiences with colleagues around the world.  It looks at the causes and effects of the divide from four distinct angles: technology

          access, literacy and learning, content, and economic development.

• Digital Opportunity

          This website links to news stories and resources on technology and developing countries.  A joint project between oneworld.org and Digital

          Divide Network.

• LITERACY.org

          A gateway to electronic resources and tools for the national and international adult literacy communities, jointly sponsored by the International

          Literacy Institute (ILI) and the National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL) at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education

Devices

• Simputer

          A low-cost computer for use in rural areas.  Developed in India.

Initiatives/Organizations

• Digital Nations

          Digital Nations aims to address major social challenges (improving education, enhancing health care, supporting community development)

          through the innovative design and use of new technologies.

• RTI International: Information and Communication Technology

          A non-profit organization dedicated to applying technology in underdeveloped communities (inside/outside US)

• Planwel Education network-distance education (Karachi, Pakistan)

          This website assists developing countries in providing quality educational services by setting up training centers in informati

          on technology and building of data bases for the government, industry, trade and commerce, which helps bringing needed socio-economic

          changes.         

Reports

New technologies & education in developing countries

• SNV (Netherlands Development Organisation) and IICD (International Institute for Communication and Development) intend to improve the conditions at rural community schools as part of the ongoing battle against poverty.  SNV and IICD requested Noterik & Donnder Multimedia to conduct a feasibility study on the applicability of multimedia technologies in the field of education in Niger and Burkina Faso.  The plan for this study was triggered by recent developments in the field of satellite technologies:

          Summary and links: http://www.noterik.nl/nnd2/research/africa/

          Full report: http://www.ftpiicd.org/files/research/reports/report6.pdf (Aug. 2001)

• The Digital Opportunity Initiative (DOI), a public private partnership of Accenture, the Markle Foundation and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), was launched at the G-8 Okinawa Summit in 2000, with the aim of identifying the roles that information and communication technologies (ICT) can play in fostering sustainable economic development and enhancing social equity.

         http://www.optinit.org/framework/pages/2.2.2.html (part of "Creating a Development Dynamic", final report of the Digital Opportunity 

         Initiative, July 2001.  http://www.opt-init.org/framework/)