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Presentation/Seminar (Manning 304)
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Readings
(Discussing the readings)
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Aug
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23
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Introductions / Course Review
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Beyond Boxes
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25
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What's our motivation?
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The World Summit on the Information
Society Declaration of Principles
United Nations Universal Declaration of
Human Rights
Especially...Article 19,
Article 26,
Article 27
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30 |
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The UN High Commissioner on Human
Rights:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of
the right to freedom of opinion and expression |
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Sep
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1
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Access to Information and/or Education... a Right?
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UN Human Rights 2012 Declaration on
The promotion, protection and enjoyment of human
rights on the Internet
Vinton Cerf, "Internet Access Is Not a
Human Right"
ALA's
Library Bill of Rights
Sanford Bermann, "A
Long Struggle to get Libraries to Serve the Poor"
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6 |
Who Runs the Internet?
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Access to Knowledge: A Guide for Everyone Chapters 1 & 2 |
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8
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What Constitutes Access?
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Access to Knowledge: A Guide for Everyone Chapters 3 & 4
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13
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Socio-cultural considerations
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World Mapper Books Borrowed poster
Pew Internet Project:
Digital Differences |
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15
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Tech talk: The Nuts and Bolts of Computers
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Access to print in low-income and
middle-income communities: An ecological study of four neighborhoods
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sbneuman/pdf/AccessToPrint.pdf
Digital Age Is Slow to Arrive in Rural
America
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/18/us/18broadband.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&
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20
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Negroponte and more cultural considerations
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Being Digital 1,2,3
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22
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Tech talk:
The Nuts and Bolts of
Networks
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Being Digital 4,5,6
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27
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Tech talk: The Internet and Backbone Technologies
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The World in 2016: ICT Facts and Figures
Limited
electricity access in health facilities of sub-Saharan Africa
Internet Usage Statistics for Africa
National Geographic World IP
Map |
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Oct
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29
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Discuss access to electricity and Internet in Africa... and how we measure.
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National Broadband Map
New Media, Technology and Internet Use
in Indian Country
Feel free to ignore the discussions of radio. |
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4 |
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Broadband Strategies Toolkit:
Technologies for Backbone Connectivity |
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6
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Tech talk: The Wacky World of Wireless
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Broadband Strategies Toolkit:
International Connectivity
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11
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No class: University Day
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Re-read (scan) everything! Prepare for midterm.
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13
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Services... and More Services.
Midterm Review
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18
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Midterm
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Hey! Bring back my books!
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Fall Recess |
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25
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Post
Midterm Review
This Stuff is Expensive!
& TCO
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Digital Inclusion in Native Communities: The Role of Tribal Libraries
There Are No Technology Shortcuts to Good Education
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27
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Special Populations / Innovations / Projects
Durham Public Library
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The Impact of Internet in OECD Countries
Excellent paper discussing the myriad ways to measure the impact of
investments in Internet technology and the conundrums faced when doing so.
Information and Communication Technologies and Productivity
Growth: A Survey of the Literature
A fairly dense paper that recounts the efforts to measure ICT-related
productivity growth. Feel free to ignore the formulas.
Interesting range of conclusions. |
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Nov
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1
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UNC ITS's guest:
Campus Overview
Project Assessment discussion
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EDUCAUSE
Core Data Services Executive
Summary Report
Big educational laptop and tablet projects
-- Ten countries to learn from
Michael Trucano, Sr. ICT & Education Specialist, World Bank
Large-Scale 1:1 Computing Initiatives:
An Open Access Database |
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3
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Does
This Stuff Really Work? Part 1
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Prison and Libraries: Public Service Inside and Out Library
Journal
Earning a Degree in Prison Online Colleges
Correctional Education Overview speaker's brief
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8
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Guest: Information and Education in
U.S. Prisons. Lee College Huntsville, Texas Center
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Mooresville's Shining Example (It's Not Just About the Laptops)
What it Really Takes for Schools to Go Digital
Why a New Jersey School District Decided Giving Laptops to Students is a
Terrible Idea
Laptops, children and Darth Vader &
Is this the nail in the One Laptop Per Child coffin?
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10
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In Praise of the Intranet: Bandwidth, bandwidth management, and the eGranary Digital Library
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eGranary and
Digital Identities of Ugandan Youth, Dr. Bonny Norton
Maximizing
Mobile
Part I: Executive Summary
Part II: Key Trends in the Development of the Mobile Sector |
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15
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The eGranary:
Challenges and Opportunities
First individual project assessment due.
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Maximizing
Mobile
Part I: Chapter 1 Overview
Part I: Chapter 2 Agriculture
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17
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How Fast, How Fresh?
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Maximizing
Mobile
Part I: Chapter 3 mHealth
Part I: Chapter 4 mMoney
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22
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Everyone Gets a Laptop
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Maximizing
Mobile
Part I: Chapter 5 Employment
Part I: Chapter 6 mGovernance
Part I: Chapter 7 Policies
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24
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Thanksgiving Break
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29
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Does
This Stuff Really Work? Part 2
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The New
Wave: Who Connects to the Internet, How they Connect, and What they do
When they Connect, South African Network Society Project
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Dec
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1
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Do WHAT with my phone?
Country Studies Due
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India 121st in global information and communication
technology rankings
Rwanda's IT revolution targets knowledge economy
Review
BongoHive Web site |
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6
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Last Day of Class
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Project Presentations
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