Weekend’s Food for Thought

This week we discuss an impact through innovation in education, healthcare and humanitarian work.  Also have a look at what responsible data is all about and how major media distorts crisis in Nepal.

Wrapping up ICT4D 2015

This week the 7^th international conference on ICT4D took place in Chicago. Hundreds of participants from public and private institutions shared their perspectives and case studies of innovation that change the way we do humanitarian work. The highlights of the conference are in this twitter trawl.  Moreover, you might find useful to read this manual with recommended approaches for implementing ICT4D published by CRS, organizer of the conference.

Parachute Journalism in Nepal

We have already covered major considerations about C4D after the earthquake in Nepal in one of our recaps of the week. What about journalists? Media might make a disaster much more disastrous with an attitude of “the worse the better”. Here are good lessons  about how not to make news and how to critically evaluate a news flow.

Responsible data

Responsible Data Forum collects resources that can make your data usage more efficient. For instance, a guide to managing projects involving data, protection of personal data, digital crowdsourcing of projects and much more. A boon of the resource bank is that it is a collaborative effort to share strategies and advices for better and more responsible data practices.

The eLearning Africa Report 2015

An annual report on the development of eLearning in Africa has been released. This is a way to sum up progress and project future with contributions from policymakers, business leaders, teachers and other parties involved in the eLearning growth. The report offers human interest stories, interviews, full country profiles and even poetry. Get your free copy here.

Predictions on Health Tech in Southeast Asia

Will Greene published a piece about technology in the healthcare sector and how it will affect Southeast Asian countries. His analysis follows a recent  healthcare conference in Singapore where executives discussed trends in the region. “I see tremendous potential in this sector, but I also think that its impact in Southeast Asia will be limited by infrastructural, regulatory and cultural factor,” writes Greene. Global aspirations versus challenging reality are compared in this article.

Image: a screenshot of the CRS manual