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MIT's free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.

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OWL Institute
Open Educational Resources.

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Open Society Sustainability Initiative.

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The world as you have never seen it before.

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Working for the elimination of waste and toxics.

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International political news from the BBC.

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Official Noam Chomsky Website.

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America’s Best Political Newsletter.

Europa
Gateway to the European Union.

Fahamu OpenCourseWare
Rights training for all.

Foreign Policy
A portal to global politics, economics and ideas.

Indymedia
Grass roots, non-corporate news coverage.

Moveon.org
Democracy in Action.

Political Hotwire
Discussion Forum on political issues.

PoliticsOnline
news, tools and strategies for using the Internet and new technology in the civic sector
media, government, NGO’s, and politics..

Reporters without borders
Defending press freedom, every day.

WorldPoliticsWatch
A daily Web publication about foreign policy, national security and international affairs.

Science

Alternative Technology Library
Providing an alternative to the existing methods and use of today’s technology.

BetterHumans
Create the Future.

Chaoscope
a 3D strange attractors rendering software.

DigiBarn
The Computer Museum.

DMOZ
Science from the Open Directory Project.

in-Cities
A behind-the-scenes look at scientists, journals, institutions, nations, and papers.

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The big thoughts of today’s big thinkers.

Nanotechnology Now
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the final frontier.

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The emerging community networks.

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Connect, collaborate, change your world.

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A website for video about social justice and environmental issues in Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

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High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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Information on Social Development.

Population Action International
Population programs grounded in individual rights.

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Lifelong Learning Projects.

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United Diversity Network.

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A different read on life.

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Social Science Information System.

The Millenium Goals
Online Atlas.

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Encyclopedia Community Portal.

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Almaden Research Center
IBM Research Division facilities and premier industrial research laboratory. .

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Emerging Technology Trends from ZDNet.

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Sun Microsystems Laboratories for sharing experimental technologies and services with the web community..

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Deep technology for enthusiasts and professionals.

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Google’s Playground.

KurzweilAI.net
Focuses on the exponential growth of intelligence, both biological and machine, and their merger, as humans transcend biology.

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Technology from LiveScience.

Parc
Palo Alto Research Center.

PhysOrg
Electronics news from PhysOrg.

Project Cyborg
Kevin Warwick, The first of the cyborgs?

Random Accesses
Dispatches from the Bleeding Edge.

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Producing the most dangerous shows on earth.

Technology Review
Promotes the understanding of emerging technologies and to analyze their commercial, social, and political impacts.

TED
The latest in Technology, Entertainment and Design.

The Future of Things
Articles on leading technologies.

ICT for Development

An ICT-Hub model for rural communities
An ICT-Hub can be seen as a sustainable physical centre with the necessary infrastructure to provide generic services like tele-centres, desktop publishing, business support, application development, training and information services to the community.

Digital Dividend
Identifies and promotes sustainable solutions for bridging the global digital divide.

Digital Divide Simulator
A map of the so called Digital Access Index (DAI).

iConnect
Promotes the effective exchange of experiences and knowledge on the use of ICT4D.

ICT4D
Self-paced course for Information and Communication Technologies for Development.

ICT DevLibrary
A collection of ICT-for-development reports and documents for policy-makers and practitioners in developing countries.

ICT Hub Knowledgebase
Designed to help community and voluntary sector organisations access the benefits of information technology.

ICT in Education Toolkit V2
for Policymakers, Planners and Practitioners.

ICT Regulation Toolkit
A live resource for policy-makers, regulators, the telecom industry, and consumers.

ICT Security Standards Roadmap
Brings together information about existing standards and current standards work in key standards development organizations.

ijEdict
International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology .

International Open Source Network
Software for All.

Introduction to open & distance learning
Startup guides and training resources from The Commonwealth of Learning

The Electronic Journal
...of Information Systems in Developing Countries .

TechSoup
The Technology Place for Non-profits.

Information Design

11 RULES OF WRITING
A concise guide to some of the most commonly violated rules of writing, grammar, and punctuation.

AIGI
The professional association for design.

A visual vocabulary
for describing information architecture and interaction design.

Boxes & Arrows
Devoted to the practice, innovation, and discussion of design; including graphic design, interaction design, information architecture and the design of business.

Current Web Style
The current state-of-the-art in graphic design for web pages, and the distinctive features that make a web page look fresh, appealing and easy to use.

Design Institute
The University of Minnesota’s think-tank on design futures .

Design patterns
User experience design resources from Dey Alexander Consulting.

DITA Open Toolkit 1.1
A Reference Implementation for OASIS DITA 1.0.

DITA News
The latest news on Darwin Information Typing Architecture XML.

Experience Design Resources
A list of some of the the best and most helpful resources related to Experience Design.

Electronic Publishing
Delivering up-to-date, expert, and authoritative information on technology, products, and trends in the electronic publishing marketplace.

IEEE
Dedicated to understanding and promoting effective communication in engineering, scientific, and other technical environments.

ISTC
Institute of Scientific & Technical Communicators.

Information Design Watch
Dynamic Diagrams’ insightful briefing on information design issues and ideas.

Information Visualisation
A project devoted to Information Visualisation, seen as the process of incorporation of knowledge through the perception of information.

Models, Processes, and Techniques of Information Design
Resources for Information Design.

Open Directory Project
Technical Writing resources.

SciTalk
Scientists and writers need each other.

STC
Society for Technical Communication.

Tech Head
Tales of tech and tales of bone head woe. Interested in multimedia? Digital Cinema? Digital Storytelling?

TechComm Web
The book companion site for Technical Communication, Eighth Edition.

Technical Communication
An Adobe team blog to provide interesting and useful info about Technical Communication, FrameMaker, RoboHelp and related issues.

The Content Wrangler
Technical writing and information design articles.

Working Paper
Integrating the Web into Education for Technical Communication Majors: A Process-Oriented Approach.

Mobile Technology

AlphaWorks
Shorthand-Aided Rapid Keyboarding is an advanced pen-based text input method for mobile devices.

Android - An Open Handset Alliance Project
A software stack for mobile devices including an operating system, middleware and key applications.

Converged Comms
In this special report, silicon.com examines the emerging trend of converged communications.

e-Mobility
The Mobile and Wireless Communications Technology Platform.

ePanorama
Comprehensive Mobile Communications information.

Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)
This tutorial provides an introduction to basic GSM concepts, specifications, networks, and services.

GSM World
The GSM Association (GSMA) is a global trade association representing more than 700 GSM mobile phone operators across 217 territories and countries of the world.

MOBIlearn project
A research and development project for learning by using key advances in mobile technologies.

mobilecomms-technology
this comprehensive resource supplies the latest news releases, detailed information on industry projects, white papers, event information and a thorough breakdown of products and services.

mobile review
News and in-depth reviews of mobile technology products.

Techworld Mobility and Wireless
Your essential resource for all the latest mobile communications news.

The new mobile scholar
And the effective use of information and communication technology.

W3C
Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0.

Programming

ActiveWorlds
Virtual Reality Building Platform.

Builder.com
Beyond the code.

C# Corner
C# and .NET Developers Network.

DMOZ.org
Open directory Lists for programmers.

ExpertsExchange
Answers from Technology Experts.

FactGuru Java
FactGuru knowledge base about Java.

ITtoolbox
Knowledge, People, and Tools for the IT Industry.

Java Examples
from The Java Developers Almanac 1.4.

Metalshell
Source code examples.

Open Source Initiative
A non-profit corporation dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition for the good of the community.

Processing
An open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and sound.

SourceForge
Create, Participate, Evaluate. Open source software development.

The FAQTs
Excellent Collection of programming knowledge bases.

The Linux Documentation Project
an organization of volunteers authoring, reviewing and managing documents about the Linux operating system.

VSJ
An indpendent source for software Developers.

Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby
This is just a small Ruby book. It won’t crush you. It’s light as a feather.

XProgramming
The discipline of software development based on values of simplicity, communication, feedback, and courage..

Security

AntiOnline
Maximum security for a connected world.

Home Network Security
Gives home users an overview of the security risks and countermeasures associated with Internet connectivity.

Internet Security
A non-profit enterprise whose mission is to help organizations reduce the risk of business and e-commerce disruptions resulting from inadequate technical security controls.

Introduction to Network Security
This document was written with the basic computer user and information systems manager in mind, explaining the concepts needed to read through the hype in the marketplace and understand risks and how to deal with them..

NetworkSecurity
Breaking Security news.

SearchSecurity
Security-specific resources for Enterprise It Professionals.

Security Absurdity
The Complete, Unquestionable, And Total Failure of Information Security.

The SpywareGuide
Hear from the people who are part of the SpywareGuide and FaceTime Security Labs research teams, as well as developers, programmers and the occasional guest blogger.

VirusList
A comprehensive encyclopedia of internet security.

Testing

APTest
Software QA Testing and Test Tool Resources.

AWBot
An easy to use tool to test a web site.

OWASP
The free and open application security community.

The Ethical Hacker Network
Your resource for forensics, testing and icident response.

QALinks
Quality Assurance & Software Testing Portal.

QA/TEST
Web site test tools Resource Centre.

SQAtester
Online Software Testing & Resource Center.

STORM
A nexus of Software Testing Online Resources.

Usability

Experience Design
Some of the best resources found on a variety of topics related to Experience Design.

OCLC Lab
Usability testing at OCLC.

Research-based Web Design & Usability Guidelines
Current Research-based Guidlines on Web Design & Usability Issues.

The British HCI Group
A service to practitioners, researchers, consumers, students and anyone with an interest in highly usable computing and communications systems.

Universal Usability
A universal design approach to web usability.

UPA
The Usability Professionals’ Association.

Usability News
Top usability stories.

Usability Views
11,002 articles about usability, accessibility, IA, HCI and web design.

User Interface Engineering
A research, training, and consulting firm specializing in web site and product usability.

useit.com
Usable information technology.

Web Accessability Initiative
W3 Web accessabilty resources.

Web Development

A list Apart
For people who make websites.

Apache Cocoon
Apache web development framework.

Contentious
News and musings on how we communicate in the online age.

CSS Play
Experiments with cascading style sheets.

Extropia
An open source resource for web application development.

Imagining the Internet
A History and Forecast, this is a multi-section resource containing thousands of pages..

Javascript Boot Camp Tutorial
Javascript tutorial and code from Amy Hoy.

meyerweb_cssTricks
Eric Meyer’s CSS Resources.

MySQL Developer Zone
Developer Resources for the world’s most popular open source database.

New Architect
Internet Strategies for Technology Leaders.

PHP Hacks
An online PHP Help community that provides PHP Tutorials, PHP Examples, PHP Scripts, PHP Support, Web Developer Documentation and more.

Position Is Everything
Modern browser bugs explained in detail.

Ruby on Rails
An opensource Web Development Framework.

Semantic Grid Community Portal
The Semantic Grid is an extension of the current Grid in which information and services are given well-defined meaning through machine-processable descriptions.

Scripts.com
Directory of PHP, ASP, Java, CGI, Perl, Python and more.

Streaming Media
Streaming video, Audio & MP3 information.

The AJAX Toolkit Framework (ATF) Project
he AJAX Toolkit Framework is a proposed open-source project to be incubated within the Eclipse Web Tools Platform ("WTP") Project.

The Script Asylum
All sorts of Javascripts and DHTML to download and use in your site.

Web 2.0 ..The Machine is Us/ing Us
A video explaining Web 2.0.

w3 Schools
Full Web Building Tutorials
All Free.

Webpage Design
...for designers

XML.com
XML development, XML resources, XML specifications.

XML.org
Applying XML & Web Services standards to Industry.

Wireless Technology

CommunityWireless
The emerging community networks.

First Mile Solutions
Providing affordable, scalable communications infrastructure and building internal capacity in wireless networking.

GreenWiFi
Committed to providing solar powered access to global information and educational resources for developing regions .

ItrainOnline
Links to Internet training resources for wireless trainers and learners in the NGO community.

Personal Area Networks
Say it and you are Connected.

SprintPCS
Official resource for wireless development for Sprint handsets.

TechWorld
Mobility & Wireless News & articles.

thelinuxemporium
Linux Compatible Wireless Devices.

WNDW
The Wireless Networking in the Developing World book can be freely downloaded as pdf files as a whole or in single chapters.

Wireless Developer Network
News & commentary for the wireless economy & mobile Internet

Wireless Design News
Offering aggregated stories of interest to designers and developers of internet enabled wireless mobile devices posted from around the world 24 by 7

Fun Videos

Anti-theft Device.
Every car should have one (WMV,1MB).

A Real Woman.
Because men don’t like to watch men in underwear (WMV 2,9MB).

How Long...
..can you hold your breath(WMV,865KB).

PaperClip.
Dealing with the Office Helper (MPEG,496KB).

Perfect Car.
for women (WMV,1.6MB).

Pole Dancer.
Don’t do it when you’re drunk (WMV,1MB).

Road-rage answer.
Every driver needs one (WMV,1MB).

Robert DeNiro.
Talking Homeland Security (WMV,2.5MB).

Stomach Party.
Careful who you invite (MPEG,1MB).

Swinging Cat.
Curiosity can almost kill (WMV,380KB).

Terminator 3.
The Greatest Action Story Ever Told (WMV,5.6MB).

Too Fat.
Its always been survival of the fittest(WMV,2MB).

Voting Machine.
Who says the US Elections are rigged (WMV,1.8MB).

What a striker.
Every boys dream striker (WMV,1.22MB).

Wild Boy Llama.
Watch what you wear (WMV,1MB).

More Fun Stuff

Band Names.
Name the groups from their pictures. (XLS,3MB)

Belfast Speak.
Learn the Belfast Accent. (zipped WMA,574KB)

Cliff Richards Calendar.
The real Cliff? (PDF,574KB)

Crazy English.
Why is English so difficult. (HTML,6KB)

Great Jokes.
from the Edinburgh Fringe 2004 (TXT,2KB)

ISO 9000 Fun Standard.
activities to increase the chances of having fun in the workplace. (DOC,35KB)

Job Predictor.
Find out what your ideal job is. (XLS,205KB)

Mens Rules.
We’ve heard them from the Girls.. (HTM,10KB)

Movie Slipups.
Did you see them? (zipped JPEGs,101KB)

Only in....
Sight bytes of the modern world. (DOC,552KB)

Pavement Art.
The incredible work of Julian Beever. (zipped JPEGs,550KB)

Sonic.
Classic Sonic Game. (XLS,1.5MB)

T-shirts.
Wear what you want to say. (zipped JPEGs,300KB)

The Human Brain.
We’re weirder than you think. (zipped PPS,694KB)

Urinals.
The world’s most interesting urinals. (PPS,223KB)

Current Interests

Europe in the Creative Age
This report extends the concepts and indicators introduced in The Rise of the Creative Class to the European context. (PDF,553KB).
Source: DEMOS

Global Information Society Watch 2007
This is the first in a series of reports covering the state of the information society on an annual basis and focuses on the theme of participation. (PDF,3.6MB).
Source: GlobalISWatch.org

Handbook for...
Bloggers and Cyber-dissidents (PDF,1.68MB).
Source: Reporters Without Borders

Humans plus video plus Internet: The Next Generation
Bloggers and Cyber-dissidents (HTM,27KB).
Source: SiteReference

Internet Rights Charter .
The internet can only be a tool to empower the peoples of the world if the rights within this Charter are recognised, protected and respected.(PDF,44KB)
Source: APC.org

Little Green Data Book 2006
Key indicators of the environment and its relationship to people for more than 200 countries (PDF 1.2MB ).
Source: The World Bank

The Glocalization Manifesto
To provide a brief account of glocalization, in both theoretical and practical terms(PDF,130KB).
Source: Glocal Forum

The Rise of Netpolitik
How the Internet Is Changing International Politics and Diplomacy(PDF, 265KB).
Source: The Aspen Institute

Three Decades of Human Language Technology
from the 50 Years Artificial Intelligence Symposium, (PDF,1.72MB).
Source: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence

Wearable Technology
Evaluating the development of wearable devices, personal data assistants and the use of other mobile devices in further and higher education institutions (PDF,542KB).
Source: Joint Information Systems Committee

Information Design

10 Tips
for Creating Your Web Site (PDF,143KB)
Source: GlobalKnowledge

A 15-minute Guide to
Interactive Content Management(PDF, 520KB)
Source: EMC2

Adding Life
To Your Documentation(PDF, 235KB)
Source: STC Lone Writer SIG

Architectures for Conversation (ii)
What Communities of Practice can mean for IA(and UX in general) (PDF, 11.5MB)
Source: inkblurt

Computer-Mediated Communication
as a Component of Technical Communication Development (PDF,26KB)
Source: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Calculating the Value of DITA
to Your Organization (PDF,83KB)
Source: Astoria Software

DITA
Maturity Model (PDF,578KB)
Source: JustSystems

DITA Tools
from a to z (PDF,2MB)
Source: Society for Technical Communications

Dynamic Content Delivery
using DITA(PDF,705KB)
Source: Flatirons Solutions

GUI
It may be GUI, but it doesn’t have to be messy!(PDF,260KB).
Source: in other words

How to Create a Website:
Guiding Principles (PDF,6.5MB)
Source: UNESCO

HTML Utopia
Designing Without Tables Using CSS(PDF,1MB).
Source: SitePoint

Hyperdoc
An Adaptive Narrative System for Dynamic Multimedia Presentations(PDF,512KB).
Source: University of Southampton

Introduction to XPath
An article about XPath, XPath expressions and how to use XPath in .NET and Java.(PDF,32KB).
Source: DevShed

Introduction to XUL
Part 1(PDF,70KB).
Source: DevShed

Object-oriented information
Introducing the Information Mapping® method.(HTML, 32KB).
Source: Information Mapping

Principals of Graphic Design
Elegant flash presentation by Andrew Mundi (SWF, 528KB).
Source: Website currently unavailable

The 7 Challenges
of implementing a Content Management System (PDF, 100KB).
Source: Author.IT

The ultimate mashup
Web services and the semantic Web, Part 3: Understand RDF and RDFs (PDF, 92KB).
Source: IBM developerWorks

Useful HTML tags and their attributes
and their attributes (PDF,81KB).
Source: TechRepublic

Visualizing Information for Advocacy
An Introduction to Information Design (PDF,7MB).
Source: Tactical Technology Collective

What is information architecture?
An introduction to information architecture (PDF,342KB).
Source: Step Two Designs

WTEC Panel Report on
International Assessment of R&s;D in Brain-Computer Interfaces (PDF,6MB).
Source: World Technology Evaluation Cente

XML Databases
An overview of the industrial practices followed in the field of XML databases. (PDF,295KB).
Source: International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

Developer Documents

10 things you should know
about designing a small business network (PDF 58KB ).
Source: TechRepublic

A Practical Guide
to Effective Requirements Development(PDF 805KB ).
Source: TechTarget

Build a PC
Build a great PC on a budget with these parts and procedures(PDF 1.5MB ).
Source: TechRepublic

Design Usability
a look at browsers from a developer’s point of view.(PDF 670KB ).
Source: DevShed

developerWorks-eBook
Broaden your skills and knowledge(EXE,554KB).
Source: IBM developerworks

Developing Hypermedia Applications
using OOHDM(PDF,423KB).
Source: CiteSeer

Mobile Applications Development
Series 60 application development (PDF,402KB).
Source: W2i

Network Security (HTM,34KB).
What you need to do to strengthen your network defenses
Source: Tech Target

Object Oriented
Web-based Application Design (PDF,263KB).
Source: Daniel Schwabe & Gustavo Rossi

PHP Manual
Functional & Language Reference (CHM,4.6MB).
Source: PHP Documentation Group

Security TechProGuide
On Viruses, Worms & Spyware (PDF,315KB).
Source: TechRepublic.com

The Ultimate differentSpacing of IT support links
Links no IT support professional should be without. (PDF,158KB).
Source: TechRepublic

The Universal Network Service
White paper on UNS (PDF,179KB).
Source: Ondemand-network

XML Help
An introduction to XML (PDF,63KB).
Source: DevShed Articles

Web Services Learning Guides
Learning Guides resources (HTM,15KB).
Source: Tech Target

ICT4D

Information Economy Report 2007-2008
Science and technology for development: the new paradigm of ICT (PDF,240KB).
Source: United Nations

Monitoring and Evaluation of ICT in Education Projects
A Handbook for Developing Countries (PDF,1.1MB).
Source: The World Bank

LEARNING COMMUNITIES:
Re-thinking Education through local development and learning (PDF,44KB).
Source: Instituto Fronesis, Ecuador/Argentina

Learning Design in a Nutshell:
Tony karrer's mental model of how to go about Learning Design (JPG,44KB).
Source: Tony Karrer's blog

Panos Media Toolkit on ICTs
Going the last mile: what's stopping a wireless revolution? (PDF,379KB).
Source: iWitness

Telecentre Sustainability
Financing ICTs for the poor.(PDF,80KB).
Source: UNDP-APDIP

Wireless Networking in the Developing World
A practical guide to building low-cost telecommunications infrastructure (PDF,2MB).
Source: WNDW

Youth, ICTS and Development
A Report (2006) from the World Bank (PDF,138KB).
Source: The World Bank

Mobile & Wireless Communications

A Brief Overview
of the Evolution of 4G. (PDF,88KB).
Source: Developer Shed

An Introduction to Current Trends and Benefits
of Mobile Wireless Technology Use in Higher Education. (PDF,146KB).
Source: AACE Journal

Can going wireless really be simple?
Adding wireless connectivity to your LAN takes only five steps. (PDF,215KB).
Source: Intel

Last Mile Initiative
Research Findings from the Georgia Institute of Technology (PDF,4.5MB).
Source: Georgia Institute of Technology

Panos Media Toolkit on ICTs
Going the last mile: what’s stopping a wireless revolution? (PDF,379KB).
Source: iWitness

The Mobile Communication Society
A cross-cultural analysis of available evidence on the social uses of wireless communication technology (PDF,2.3MB).
Source: USC Annenberg

The multidimensional benefit of mobile technology
in the developing world (PDF,32KB).
Source: ICT4D dgCommunity

The Portable Internet.
ITU Executive Summary (PDF,1.2MB).
Source: ITU Internet Reports.

Wireless Networking in the Developing World
A practical guide to building low-cost telecommunications infrastructure (PDF,2MB).
Source: WNDW

Wireless Unbound
The Surprising Economic Value and Untapped Potential of the Mobile Phone (PDF,305KB).
Source: McKinsey and Company

e-Learning

382 Tips
on the Selection of an LMS or LCMS (PDF,1.5MB)
Source: The eLearning Guild

A Review
of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Movement (PDF,1.9MB)
Source: OERderves

Adaptive Mobile Learning Technologies
reviews research in mobile learning, with particular focus on adaptivity for individual learners. (PDF,100KB).
Source: GlobalEducator

Designing Learning Objects
for Online Learning. (PDF,2MB).
Source: Commonwealth of Learning

E-learning data warehouse maintenance system
for collaborative learning availability resources optimization(PDF,347KB).
Source: IJEDICT

Engaging Interactions for eLearning
25 Ways to Keep Learners Awake and Intrigued(PDF,175KB).
Source: EngagingInteractions

Giving Knowledge for Free
The Emergence of Open Educational Rsources(PDF,3MB).
Source: OECD

I Collaborate, E-Collaborate, We Collaborate
A collection of stories about e-collaboration experiences(PDF,1MB).
Source: IICD

Media Education
A Kit for Teachers, Students, Parents and Professionals (PDF,1.62MB)
Source: MENTOR

OLCOS Roadmap 2012
Open Educational Practices and Resources (PDF,4.3MB)
Source: OLCOS

Open Content
Towards equal learning opportunities? (PDF,75KB)
Source: MENTOR

Open Educational Resources
a free Booklet introducing the concept of Open Educational Resources (PDF,211KB)
Source: DevelopmentGateway

Personal Learning Environments
the future of eLearning? (PDF,117KB)
Source: elearningpapers

The eLearning Guild’s Handbook
on Synchronous e-Learning(PDF,7.7MB)
Source: The eLearning Guild

The Insider’s Guide To
Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro(PDF,1.4MB)
Source: The Rapid E-Learning Blog.

Theory and Practice of Online Learning
A collection of works by practitioners and scholars actively working in the field of distance education (PDF,1.86MB).
Source: Athabasca University

Web 2.0 Ideas for Educators
A Guide to RSS and More (PDF,755KB).
Source: Quentin D’Souza TeachingHacks.com

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