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Internet and Society in Asia: Challenges and Next Steps
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Dec 23, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Research
The ubiquitous presence of internet technologies, in our age of digital revolution, has demanded the attention of various disciplines of study and movements for change around the globe. As more of our environment gets connected to the circuits of the World Wide Web, we witness a significant transformation in the way we understand the politics, mechanics and aesthetics of the world we live in, says Nishant Shah in this peer reviewed essay published in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Volume 11, Number 1, March 2010.
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Internet Governance
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The Digital Classroom: Social Justice and Pedagogy
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Dec 23, 2011
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last modified
May 08, 2015 12:36 PM
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filed under:
Higher Education,
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Featured,
New Pedagogies,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Pluralism
What happens when we look at the classroom as a space of social justice? What are the ways in which students can be engaged in learning beyond rote memorisation? What innovative methods can be evolved to make students stakeholders in their learning process? These were some of the questions that were thrown up and discussed at the 2 day Faculty Training workshop for participant from colleges included in the Pathways to Higher Education programme, supported by Ford Foundation and collaboratively executed by the Higher Education Innovation and Research Application and the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore.
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Digital Natives
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Pathways to Higher Education
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About Us
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 12, 2011
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last modified
Jun 27, 2016 01:59 PM
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That’s the unkindest cut, Mr Sibal
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Dec 12, 2011
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
There’s Kolaveri-di on the Internet over Kapil Sibal’s diktat to social media sites to prescreen users’ posts. That diktat goes far beyond the restrictions placed on our freedom of expression by the IT Act. But, says Sunil Abraham of the Centre for Internet and Society, India is not going to be silenced online.
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Internet Governance
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Is the govt bid to regulate content on the Internet a good thing?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 08, 2011
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last modified
Dec 08, 2011 07:12 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
The recent move by Union Minister Kapil Sibal to engage leading Internet platform providers like Google, Facebook, etc in regulating content has seen netizens react in different manners. The question of freedom of expression vis-a-vis objectionable content has come to the fore. Pranesh Prakash who deals with such issues on a regular basis at the Centre for Internet and Society was answering questions (more like comments) live on CNN-IBN's chat feature on December 7, 2011.
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News & Media
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Technology, Social Justice and Higher Education
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 07, 2011
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last modified
Mar 30, 2015 02:54 PM
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filed under:
Featured,
Higher Education,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Knowledge
Since the last two years, we at the Centre for Internet and Society, have been working with the Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, on a project called Pathways to Higher Education, supported by the Ford Foundation.
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Digital Natives
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Pathways to Higher Education
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Blog
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Healing self-inflicted wounds
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by
Shyam Ponappa
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published
Dec 05, 2011
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last modified
Dec 05, 2011 09:10 AM
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filed under:
Telecom
A spate of dysfunctional actions and retrograde developments has led to an unimaginable mess for India. Can the damage to growth prospects be undone? Does it need to be? If so, how? Three areas are discussed below.
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Telecom
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An Interview of Nirmita Narasimhan on ITU Portal
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 28, 2011
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filed under:
Accessibility
ITU Girls in ICT is now online! ITU interviewed Nirmita and published her profile on their website.
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News & Media
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3rd Canadian Science Policy Conference
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 23, 2011
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last modified
Nov 23, 2011 03:57 PM
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filed under:
Conference,
Information Technology
The Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC) organised the 2011 conference at the Ottawa Convention Centre from 16 to 18 November 2011. Sunil Abraham spoke in the session on Global Implications of Open and Inclusive Innovation.
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News & Media
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Know your Users, Match their Needs!
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by
Rebecca Schild
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published
Nov 23, 2011
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last modified
Feb 27, 2012 03:06 PM
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filed under:
Research,
Featured,
Open Access,
Openness,
Publications
As Free Access to Law initiatives in the Global South enter into a new stage of maturity, they must be certain not to lose sight of their users’ needs. The following post gives a summary of the “Good Practices Handbook”, a research output of the collaborative project Free Access to Law — Is it Here to Stay? undertaken by LexUM (Canada) and the South African Legal Institute in partnership with the Centre for Internet and Society.
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Openness
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Blog