The TechBridge World Initiative: Broadening Perspectives in Computing Technology Education and Research
Domain:
educationRecord type:
project
Creator:
M. G. Jos
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The growing demand for technological innovation to empower
developing communities and enable sustainable development
requires new and creative educational initiatives. Thus, well
designed higher educational initiatives geared towards appropriate
technology for developing communities can have a significant
global impact. This paper presents the challenges and benefits of a
higher education initiative, TechBridgeWorld, at Carnegie Mellon
University that focuses on innovating and implementing relevant
technology for developing communities. The authors examine the
potential intersections of computing technologies with education
and sustainable development. Several programs launched through
the TechBridgeWorld initiative are described, and results of a
pilot study carried out in Ghana for one of the TechBridgeWorld
programs, Project Kané, are presented. The paper concludes with
an analysis of lessons learned by the authors through launching
the TechBridgeWorld initiative, and other related experiences.
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