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Chutnefying English - Report: by Nishant Shah — published Aug 27, 2009 — last modified Aug 27, 2009 06:03 AM — filed under: Conference, Art, Cybercultures, Communities, Digital subjectivities, Digital Pluralism
The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, was an institutional partner to India's first Global Conference on Hinglish - Chutnefying English, organised by Dr. Rita Kothari at the Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad. A photographic report for the event is now available here.
Located in Research / Conferences & Workshops / Conference Blogs
The Digital Classroom: Social Justice and Pedagogy: by Nishant Shah — published Dec 23, 2011 — last modified May 08, 2015 12:36 PM — 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.
Located in Digital Natives / Pathways to Higher Education
Second Response to Draft National Policy on Open Standards for e-Governance: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 07, 2009 — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:06 AM — filed under: Digital Pluralism
The government is in the process of drafting a national policy on open standards for e-governance. The National Informatics Centre recently released draft version 2 of the policy, and CIS sent in its comments on the draft.
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Collaborative Projects Programme: by Nishant Shah — published Sep 18, 2008 — last modified Aug 23, 2011 03:04 AM — filed under: Cyberspace, Family, Digital Natives, Public Accountability, Obscenity, e-governance, Cyborgs, Cybercultures, Projects, New Pedagogies, Communities, Digital subjectivities, Digital Pluralism
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i4D Interview: Social Networking and Internet Access: by Nishant Shah — published Oct 31, 2008 — last modified Sep 22, 2011 12:51 PM — filed under: Cyberspace, Digital Natives, Public Accountability, Cybercultures, Communities, Digital subjectivities, Digital Pluralism
Nishant Shah, the Director for Research at CIS, was recently interviewed in i4D in a special section looking at Social Networking and Governance, as a lead up to the Internet Governance Forum in December, in the city of Hyderabad.
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Letter to ICANN on NCSG: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 28, 2009 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:41 AM — filed under: Public Accountability, Digital Pluralism, Digital Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society sent the following mail to ICANN regarding their attempt to impose their own charter for a Noncommercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG), instead of accepting the one drafted by the Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC).
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