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TechChange
TechChange is a US social enterprise which provides courses on the use of technology in addressing social and global challenges. Their e-learning platform "has been used by more than 600 students from more than 70 countries." It is a registered benefit corporation based in Washington, DC and was founded in the summer of 2010. The Economist dubbed TechChange as ”the Geeks for Good”. Courses TechChange provides online certificate courses on a number of topics including technology for emergency management, mobile phones for international development, social media for social change, social entrepreneurship, digital organizing, open government and more. Activities TechChange also partners with international development, humanitarian, and peacebuilding organizations such as USAID, US State Department, World Bank and United Nations Foundation to deliver online educational content. In 2012, TechChange partnered with the mHealth Alliance, a joint program hosted by the United Nations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Martin (educator)
Nicholas Carl Martin is an American technologist, entrepreneur, and educator best known for founding the international organization TechChange. Martin has delivered a number of speeches at the United Nations, the United States Department of State, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on the role of technology in international development, online learning, capacity building and m-learning. His work with TechChange has been profiled by the The New York Times, New York Times, Fast Company (magazine), Fast Company, Forbes, and the Economist. Martin has also written numerous pieces on elearning, e-learning, m-learning, and mhealth, m-health for multiple organisations, including the The Chronicle of Higher Education, Chronicle of Higher Education, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, The Guardian, and Dowser.org. Martin is a fellow of PopTech Social Innovation, Ariane de Rothschild, and the International Youth Foundation. In 2014, he was runner-up in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |