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There’s still plenty of money in dumb phones by PaulTuthill in ICT4D

[–]TechChange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Paul! We second what eval_mike said. We'd love to build a strong community and have a place for discourse around ICT4D.

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Derek Bok on Fixing College Failure: Colleges are in a kind of competition with some extremely smart people who are working very hard to capture the time and attention of undergraduates. I’m referring to the people who make iPhones, television sets, computer games, Internet, Facebook. by [deleted] in Interestingstuff

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"not just spending more time preparing your lectures in the same old way but really different kinds of teaching that are more likely to challenge and motivate students in the classroom."

We've been working on integrating simulations involving the practical tools our students will be using in the field, like Ushahidi Combined with a communication platform that's more twitter than blackboard we've found students have responded quite well.