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SI 575 Community Information Corps Seminar- ICT4D

This course brings together students and faculty who are engaged in diverse community and public interest work to hear from a wide range of fascinating guests and to engage in discussion around their expertise and experiences. Readings include those recommended by guests and a highly focused group of context-setting community informatics articles. Students learn the roots of community informatics â€" how it is practiced and where public interest information professionals work â€" and consider citizenship, opportunity, and the public good in an information society.

Keywords:: social capital, social impact, information society, community informatics, information for development, public goods, social entrepreneurship, I4D, community engagement, ICT4D

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Science and Technology / Information Technology

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Material Type:: Collection
Date Added to MERLOT:: August 10, 2012
Date Modified in MERLOT:: June 12, 2018
Authors:: Molly Green, University of Michigan School of Information
Emily Rinck, University of Michigan School of Information
Ted McCarthy, University of Michigan School of Information
Submitter:: Open Michigan
Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional

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Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States