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Why Kevin Spacey and Netflix Will Save Online Learning

Posted May 23, 2013 by Christopher Neu

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Big data is already giving us better TV shows. Could it also help build a better education system?

This week our team went to 1776 Reboot: Education Meetup, where we heard from leading experts …
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Four Reasons Why Universities Aren’t Ready to Move Online

Posted May 20, 2013 by Christopher Neu

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Co-authored by Mike Brown.

The future of higher education may be online, but the present is still a mess.

The New Yorker recently published a thorough exploration of MOOCs and higher …
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How The State Department Is Seeding Open Government

Posted May 15, 2013 by Christopher Neu

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The following is a guest post by Christian Douglass, a TechChange alumni from TC104: Digital Organizing and Open Government. 

What makes the Open Government Partnership – seemingly another multilateral good governance initiative …
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How Can We Scale the mHealth Community through Education?

Posted April 17, 2013 by Christopher Neu

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We’re excited to partner with the mHealth Alliance yet again to offer our Mobile Phones for Public Health for open enrollment. And we think it matters: When it comes to IC4D (or M4D) projects …
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Skype vs. OpenTok: Which Video Platform Should You Use?

Posted April 15, 2013 by Christopher Neu

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When something breaks mid-class it can be awfully hard not to blame your students. But the truth is that nobody cares about the tech you’re used to using or how it works optimally. They care about what works right …
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From Barcelona to DRC: How Public-Private Education Partnerships Can Build USAID Capacity for Mobiles for Development

Posted April 9, 2013 by Christopher Neu

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On February 26, USAID received the “Best Government Policy for Mobile Development” award at GSMA’s Mobile World Congress 2013. And while the Mobile Solutions team was receiving an award in Barcelona, TechChange and the MS …
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Build Our #OpenGov MOOC!

Posted April 2, 2013 by Christopher Neu

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Our OpenGov 101 Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is a Semifinalist in the Knight News Challenge! Submitted in partnership with Global Integrity, we’re hoping to develop a global curricula to connect the open government …
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New Video! Why Is It So Hard to Try Something New in ICT4D?

Posted April 1, 2013 by Christopher Neu

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THE FUTURE IS HERE! But why is it so hard to apply technology to development challenges in the field? This video with Laura Walker Hudson of Social Impact Lab explores this question in more depth, with topics including:

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Search and Download Our Videos on the New Global Health Channel!

Posted March 29, 2013 by Christopher Neu

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Thanks to our new partnership with iHeed and Mobento, you can now search for content inside our educational videos, as well as store them on your Android phone for offline use.

Earlier this month, we were excited …
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MOOCs Are Not the Answer: Embracing Creative Chaos for Online Education

Posted March 28, 2013 by Christopher Neu

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Reports of the demise of the American educational system have been greatly exaggerated.

According to the New York Times, 2012 was the Year of the MOOC with the emergence of edX, Udacity, and Coursera as …
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