| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 196 pages :) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
SECTION I: MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES: INSIDERS' THOUGHTS ON THE PROGRAMME 1. Perspectives on ICTD Research and Practice / Roger Harris and Arul Chib -- 2. SIRCA: An Opportunity to Build and Improve the Field of ICT4D / Chaitali Sinha, Laurent Elder and Matthew Smith -- 3. Managing the SIRCA Programme / Tahani Iqbal, Yvonne Lim and Arul Chib -- 4. Primary Investigator and Mentor Perspectives of SIRCA / Ann Mizumoto |
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SECTION II: RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES: THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS BY EXPERTS. 5. ICTD Praxis: Bridging Theory and Practice / Alexander Flor -- 6. Messy Methods for ICT4D Research / Rahul De' -- 7. Ethics and ICTD Research / John Traxler -- 8. ICTD Curriculum Development and Professional Training: Mainstreaming SIRCA Research Models / Alexander Flor and Roger Harris -- 9. Multi-stakeholder Perspectives Influencing Policy-Research-Practice / Arul Chib, Komathi Ale and May-Ann Lim -- 10. From Production ... To Dissemination ... To Adoption Ma. Regina M. Hechanova |
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SECTION III: RESEARCH OUTPUTS. 11. It's the Talk, Not the Tech: What Governments Should Know about Blogging and Social Media / Mary Grace P. Mirandilla-Santos -- 12. Integrating Digital and Human Data Sources for Environmental Planning and Climate Change Adaptation: From Research to Practice in Central Vietnam / Pham Huu Ty, Richard Heeks and Huynh Van Chuong -- 13. The Challenge of Working Across Contexts and Domains: Mobile Health Education in Rural Cambodia / John Traxler -- 14. The Dynamics and Challenges of Academic Internet Use Amongst Cambodian University Students / Chivoin Peou, May O. Lwin and Santosh Vijaykumar |
| Summary |
Information and communication technologies have long promised to provide quality education, improve healthcare, allow open government, and solve environmental issues. To realize this potential and influence policy-making and programme design, the Singapore Internet Research Centre, supported by the IDRC, created an innovative research capacity-building programme, SIRCA. The programme supports interdisciplinary ICTD research through the nurturing of research relationships. By bringing together experienced mentors with deserving early-career Asian researchers in an intellectually stimulating env |
| Notes |
Published in cooperation with Singapore Internet Research Centre and International Development Research Centre |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Telecommunication -- Asia
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Information technology -- Asia
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Economic development -- Study and teaching -- Asia
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Economic development -- Study and teaching
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Information technology
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Telecommunication
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Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Harris, Roger W
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Chib, Arul
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International Development Research Centre (Canada)
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Singapore Internet Research Centre.
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| ISBN |
9789814380010 |
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9814380016 |
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