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6 Digital Competency Areas for Mobile Phone Usage
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Introducing USAID Digital Literacy Primer for Development Programs
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Facebook Data Privacy Concepts Do Not Translate in Cambodia
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Surprise! Skilled Young Men Benefit Most from 3G Mobile Internet Access
Enabling universal access to the internet is deemed as a critical step towards achieving prosperity in developing countries.The digital landscape in Sub-Saharan...
Why Digital Skills Really Matter for ICT4D Projects – Your Weekend Long Reads
In an increasingly online world, people need digital skills to work and live productively. One of the major barriers to digital uptake is a lack of these skills.
Across...
Five Traits of Low-literacy Technology Users – Your Weekend Long Reads
We know that the first step to good human-centered design is understanding your user. IDEO calls this having an empathy mindset, the “capacity to step into...
Digital Literacy Skills – Your Weekend Long Reads
Starting today, we’re experimenting with a roundup of the best links for your long-form reading pleasure over the weekend. Please let us know what you think...
Introducing the Mobile Information Literacy Curriculum
As millions of people come online across the globe through mobile devices, mobile information literacy is vital for those who have leapfrogged from traditional...
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