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A Computer Can Do Your International Development Job Thanks to Open Data
March 2, 2013 Editor 0
At a recent Technology Salon on “How Can We Make Data Useful for Development,” one of the participants put forth an interesting question to the group: Could computers make better international development decisions than humans? Now at first, those present laughed off this question. It borders on fantasy to think a computer could take in […]
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The Formative Years of Gbenga Sesan: Nigerian ICT Legend
September 27, 2012 Editor 0
Federal Government College, Idoani, Akure had just received two sets of computers and Gbenga Sesan, who was in his third year, was too excited to try his hands on the devices. “Sorry, you can’t understand how to use them because they not for people like you”, a teacher rebuked him.
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What Is Good e-Learning?
September 24, 2012 Editor 0
To introduce e-learning are used informatic systems, the communication and media networks. Transfer of skills and knowledge specific e-learning is possible, mainly using computer and networks.
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Incubating Programmers
September 16, 2012 Editor 0
Gadgets aren’t made hackable enough to encourage young people to become innovators in computing. Eben Upton Tuesday, August 21, 2012 Vivienne Flesher Today’s kids are proficient computer users but usually know little about what’s happening under the hood. The Raspberry Pi, a $25 computer the size of a credit card, is my attempt to fix this problem—and to create a new generation of engineers.
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EmTech Preview: Another Way to Think about Learning
September 13, 2012 Editor 0
Photos courtesy of Matt Keller Seymour Papert, a computer scientist and pioneer in artificial intelligence, once said: “You cannot think about thinking unless you think about thinking about something.” Does this apply to learning? Maybe not. Here is what I mean.
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Computers can predict effects of HIV policies
July 29, 2012 Editor 0
(Brown University) Policymakers in the fight against HIV/AIDS may have to wait years, even decades, to know whether strategic choices among possible interventions are effective. How can they make informed choices in an age of limited funding? A reliable, well-calibrated, predictive computer simulation to be presented by a Brown University researcher could be a great […]
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