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ICT training and employability: Integrated service delivery in workforce development networks
(Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA), 2007-06)This study investigates how community-based organizations that provide basic technology training integrate it with other services and tap a network of service providers to improve employability prospects for lower-wage, ... -
ICT Training and the ABCs of Employability: Year Up’s Jobs Program for Urban Youth.
(Technology & Social Change Group, University of Washington Information School, 2008)This paper is part of a project at the Center for Information and Society to broaden and deepen our understanding of the impact of Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD). Our intention is to ... -
ICT training for disadvantaged populations: The importance of tailoring to the local context
(Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA), 2007-06)This study describes the efforts of NGOs around the world to bring the benefits of new technologies to disadvantaged communities through their ICT training programs. It asks how NGOs design ICT training programs to meet ... -
ICT training, employment, and youth: The case of Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico
(Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA), 2008)As information and communication technologies (ICT) increasingly penetrate different economic sectors, disadvantaged groups have more opportunities to participate. For disadvantaged youth, ICT training can help expand ... -
Immigrant women, e-skills, and employability in Europe: The case of Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, and Spain
(Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA), 2009-10)There is much research on the role of e-skills in advancing employability among disadvantaged groups, but little is known about the way in which these skills can promote the economic integration of immigrant women in the ... -
The Impact of Cybercafés on the Connectedness of Children Left Behind by Overseas Filipino Workers
(Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA), 2013-08-06)This in-depth study looks at the use of cybercafés by children of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). It determines how cybercafés function as an alternative to home internet access in terms of the internet’s function to ... -
Important Data about the 2015 Myanmar Election (English)
(Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation, 2015-10)Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation (EMReF has been carrying out political-oriented studies since 2012. In 2013, EMReF published the Fact Book of Political Parties in Myanmar (2010-2012). Recently, EMReF studied The ... -
Important Data about the 2015 Myanmar Election (Myanmar)
(Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation, 2015-10)Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation (EMReF has been carrying out political-oriented studies since 2012. In 2013, EMReF published the Fact Book of Political Parties in Myanmar (2010-2012). Recently, EMReF studied The ... -
Improving Income Generation in Rural India: ICT-Trained Veterinarians Assist Small Farmers with Livestock Production
(Technology & Social Change Group, University of Washington Information School, 2008)This paper is part of a project at the Center for Information and Society to broaden and deepen our understanding of the impact of Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD). Our intention is to ... -
Incorporating predictors of success for telecenter projects: A qualitative analysis of 17 developing countries
(Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA), 2008-05)Telecenters have become increasingly popular over the past decade as a development tool. Although there remains a large amount of literature describing telecenter projects and providing recommendations for how new projects ... -
Infomediaries: Brokers of public access
(TASCHA, 2014-04-02)This study investigated the role of infomediaries in shaping outcomes for users at Public Access Venues (PAVs) in Bangladesh, Chile, and Lithuania. We examined the extent to which technical skills and empathy are relevant ... -
Information Strategies Curriculum: Critical thinking and project management skills for developing and implementing successful information-based projects
(Technology & Social Change Group, 2014-08)All too often, well-intentioned efforts aimed at effecting positive social change tend to leap immediately to particular information and technological solutions without a clear understanding of the context and problems ... -
Iniciativa de Fomento de MOOC para el Desarrollo - Un estudio del uso de MOOC para el desarrollo de la fuerza laboral y profesional en Colombia, Filipinas y Sudáfrica
(2016-06-16)El aprendizaje en línea proporciona desde hace mucho tiempo, la esperanza de acceder a educación de calidad a cualquier persona, en cualquier parte del mundo. El reciente desarrollo de cursos en línea masivos abiertos ... -
Iniciativa de Fomento de MOOC para el Desarrollo Un estudio del uso de MOOC para el desarrollo de la fuerza laboral y profesional en Colombia, Filipinas y Sudáfrica
(Technology & Social Change Group, 2016-04)El potencial del aprendizaje en línea proporciona desde hace mucho tiempo la esperanza de ofrecer educación de calidad a cualquier persona, en cualquier parte del mundo. El reciente desarrollo de cursos en línea masivos ... -
Iniciativa de Fomento de MOOC para el Desarrollo Un estudio del uso de MOOC para el desarrollo de la fuerza laboral y profesional en Colombia, Filipinas y Sudáfrica
(Technology & Social Change Group, 2016-04-01)El potencial del aprendizaje en línea proporciona desde hace mucho tiempo la esperanza de ofrecer educación de calidad a cualquier persona, en cualquier parte del mundo. El reciente desarrollo de cursos en línea masivos ... -
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Joining the Celtic Tiger: ICT Training Leads Inner-City Dubliners Toward the Booming Irish Economy. West,
(Technology & Social Change Group, University of Washington Information School, 2008)This paper is part of a project at the Center for Information and Society to broaden and deepen our understanding of the impact of Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD). Our intention is to ... -
Kenyan public librarians’ role in mobile-centric information access
(2018-05-22)Mobile phones and smartphones have become the entry point to the internet for billions of people around the world. In these mobile-centric contexts, accessibility, manifestation of social ecosystems, and the affordances ... -
Landscape of Major US Public Library Data Collection Efforts: A Working Paper for the Measures that Matter Initiative
(2017-07)Thousands of public libraries diligently contribute to data collection efforts each year – participating in one time, periodic, and annual surveys at the behest of a variety of organizations. There is an overarching need ...