Chile

ICT in education policy and practice in Chile: Does it correlate?

This paper presents the main results of Chile in the SITES2006 study regarding the presence of traditional and innovative pedagogical practices with and without ICT in schools, and analyses to what extent factors affecting the implementation of these practices that were found in the international study (i.e.

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:00:26 -0700

A Monitoring and Evaluation Scheme for an ICT-Supported Education Program in Schools

In this paper authors present a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) scheme for a specific ICT4E program that supports teaching and learning using mobile computer supported collaborative learning (MCSCL). Using the information provided by the scheme, we analyze the program’s impact on student attainment in terms of teacher adoption of innovation.

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:00:38 -0800

What we learned from Haiti and where to go in Pakistan?

[Cross-posted from PakReport Blog, written by Jaro Valuch of Konpa Group]
It was clear pretty early after the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010 that the disaster was exceptional in the scale of destruction as well as it was exceptional in the scale and type of response it triggered. Particularly unprecedential was the response from tech and crisis mapping community.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:34:47 -0700

Empowering Chilean Farmers via SMS

COOPEUMO, a grassroots farmer’s cooperative with more than 350 small scale farmers as members provides a number of services to farmers such as technical assistance, credit and training.  Last year COOPEUMO started a pilot project called DatAgro to provide SMS based information to farmers

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:56:30 -0700

Mozilla Foundation Supports Ushahidi-Chile

A guest post from the team running Ushahidi’s Situation Room at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:59:19 -0700

Ushahidi-Chile: Reflections after Week One

Caroline Stauffer is a member of the core SIPA Team deploying the Ushahidi-Chile platform. She is a graduate student at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) where she focuses on International Media and Communications. She spent the past summer working with the Associated Press in Bangkok, and worked for a nongovernmental organization in the Dominican Republic prior to SIPA.

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:00:10 -0800

Training the Ushahidi-Chile Team in a Flash

Mark Belinsky co-founded Digital Democracy with Emily Jacobi. He serves as Technical Director and brings a background in computer science, sociology and film & media studies. He and Emily have worked closely with Burmese populations since 2007.

Working in the tech sphere, it’s the power and passion that people have that never ceases to astound me. Following the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, people around the world contributed an incredible outpouring of support for the people of Haiti. Now, as that support expands to Chile, it is evident that we are participating in a game changing moment.

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:30:22 -0800
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