TechChange Introduces Collaborative Syllabus Building
This is the second post in our Digital Pedagogy series, where we will share how we are trying to make online social learning even better with new learning activities…
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Improving Mental Health Through Urban Design: There's an App for that
What does urban design have to do with mental health? By 2050, at least two-thirds of the global population will live in cities, which means urban public health is fast…
How Digital Volunteers Mapped the Nepal Earthquake
In a previous post, we wrote about how ICTs were helping people all around the world respond to the Nepal earthquake. Today, Luther Jeke takes a closer look at the…
Using APIs Without Code: My Top 5 IFTTT Recipes
A few weeks ago I touched on how you might use APIs to access data for visualizations. The response was great, but it definitely wasn't lost on me that there's a steep…
How Innovative Mapping Technologies can Help Address Water Issues in International Development
There are many lessons to be learned from on-site organizations doing implementation. As a personal account, I was recently reflecting on exploratory calls I conducted…
Why We Should Care about Pedagogy in Online Learning
This post is kicking off a monthly series where we'll discuss how TechChange uses digital pedagogy for its platform and learning model and explore how the #edtech…
What You Need To Know About Knowledge Management
Knowledge Management may sound intimidating, but you'd be surprised at how many of us are already following it's principles every day at our organizations. Knowledge…
What Happened in Our 3D Printing for Social Good Course
3D printing has been around for a while, but the global development community is only recently exploring how it can be used for social change. From printing low-cost…
How can Artificial Intelligence Support Disaster Response
When I hear the term "artificial intelligence", my first thoughts go to HAL9000 and Data from Star Trek before settling on some vague notion about the Turing test…
Why farmers in Tanzania are using Tigo Kilimo
Information technology has greatly benefited the agriculture sector. You've probably read multiple articles that say 'mobile phones empower farmers,' but I wanted to ask…
Alumni Spotlight: Ladislas Hibusu
Today, we're excited to share an interview with TechChange alum Ladislas Hibusu! Ladislas has completed 5 courses and is currently taking his sixth. Learn more about his…
Getting Data for Visualizations: An Intro to APIs
Have you ever wondered how visualizations like the One Million Tweet Map are able to stay continuously up to date? Or have you wished you knew how to access data from The…
Data visualization beyond numbers: Tools for qualitative data visualization
Imagine a tool where you have text and a computer automatically highlights key themes. No need to do complex coding, no word counts that are used to explore the text…
Why Your Audience Matters in Data Visualization
Data visualization requires more than design skills. You need both technical and critical thinking skills to create the best visuals for your audience. It is important to…
Why Data Visualization Is Important
How do you analyze data you collect from surveys and interviews? One way to analyze data is through data visualizations. Data visualization turns numbers and letters into…
From Participant to Facilitator: Meet Jennifer Kerner
Meet Jennifer, she took her first TechChange course on Technology for Conflict Management and Peacebuilding in October and is now facilitating multiple TechChange courses. Drawn by our teaching model, after…
How Facebook Helped Restore Family Links After the Nepal Earthquake
Did you see Facebook's Safety Check feature recently? Did you use it? Following the recent earthquake in Nepal, Facebook activated "Safety Check", a feature that helps friends and relatives quickly find…
How Technology is Fighting Sexual Harassment in India
Technology has been known to facilitate anonymous harassment online, but in India a non-profit organization is using mobile apps to fight harassment on the streets. I came across Safecity in my…
3D Printing's Potential in Humanitarian Response
It may be difficult to see the relevance of 3D Printing beyond maker labs, but its potential to help in international development, and especially humanitarian response should be explored further. In…
Addressing Poverty's "Triple Whammy" through Mobile Savings
The current financial model of banks cannot address what development experts call the "triple whammy" of poor peoples' lives – they struggle with low savings, uncertainty of cash flows, and the…