Projects

This course is heavily based on student projects, as described in the syllabus page. Below are three different projects for this course - a WSIS policy statement project, a fieldwork project, and a final analysis project.

WSIS Assignment

The project description, as well as examples of student work, are below:

WSIS Assignment (PDF)

Background Reading: WSIS Background (PDF) (Courtesy of Farnaz Haghseta. Used with permission.)

GFC Report (PDF)

PrepCom Final Document with OCW Proposed Revisions (PDF)

The material in the table below is presented with the permission of the students in the course.

Students WSIS papers
Bryant Harrison (PDF)
Jonathan Harris (PDF)
Marta Luczynska (PDF)
Raja Bobbili (PDF)

 

Fieldwork Project

The project description, as well as examples of student work, are below:

Fieldwork Project Summary (PDF)

Fieldwork Proposal (PDF)

The material in the table below is presented with the permission of the students in the course.

Students fieldwork projects

Fawah Akwo

Jamira Cotton

iREACT (also known as OpenCameroom) (PDF)

Marta Luczynska

OpenZambia (PDF)

Bryant Harrison

Mohamed Haji

Jonathan Harris

OpenKenya (PDF)

Irina Azu

Raja Bobbili

Jiho Lee

Tiffany Yang

Outsource Africa (PDF)

Jesus Alvarez

Tabitha Bonilla

Yamicia Connor

Yonatan Tekleab

FLiTE (PDF) (XLS)

Susan MacDonald

ESL Training (PDF 1) (PDF 2)

Theresa Eugenio

Cambridge Access Project (PDF)

 

Final Project

The project description, as well as examples of student work, are below:

Final Project (PDF)

The material in the table below is presented with the permission of the students in the course.

StudentS fiNAL pROJECTS SLIDES REPORTS
Case Study-related Projects
Marta Luczynska

Raja Bobbili

ICTs and Zambia: Two Case Studies (PDF) (PDF)
Tabitha Bonilla

Yamicia Connor

Yonatan Tekleab

MEET: A Case Study (PDF) (PDF)
Fieldwork Project Expansions
Fawah Akwo

Jamira Cotton

iREACT Materials (please see iREACT section of site)    
Susan MacDonald ESL Training (please see ESL Training section of site)    
Irina Azu

Tiffany Yang

Outsourcing: What is it? Why India?
(The material from this project will serve as a literature review for the Outsource Africa project.)
(PDF) (PDF 1)

(PDF 2)

General Topics
Mohamed Haji ICTs and Poverty Eradication (PDF) (PDF)
Jonathan Harris ICTs and the Global Labor Force (PDF) (PDF)
Bryant Harrison ICT Policy in Rwanda (PDF) (PDF)