TANYA GUPTA
Blogs
My interest is in writing about technology, culture and society. Most recently Dr. Qasem and I have been writing about the intersection of technology and education.
NEW: MY IBOOK ON LITTLE CAYMAN IS OUT!
Washington Post
- Should Athletics and Education have the same footing in higher education ? We look at University of Florida's controversial decision to cut its Computer Science program (CISE) in an opinion article on the Washington Post
- In recent days, we have heard President Obama lecture college presidents about cost control, and we have seen a vaunted Stanford professor quit to pursue teaching students by the millions online — at minimal cost. Are we witnessing open education's very own "Arab spring" ?
- In a world dominated by social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, mobile phones that never stop ringing or texting, a significant challenge faced by higher education is to prepare students to cope with information overload. In order to provide a more useful and relevant education, we need to recast the role of an educator as an information curator.
People, Spaces and Deliberation (World Bank blog)
I have a regular blog on People, Spaces, Deliberation, where I blog about technology, society and development. Here is a selection of some of my blogs. You can read the rest here.
- In many ways, we think the current trends portend the death of the university, as we know it. What will the future of education look like - the Amazon model or the Ebay model ?
- How can we use social media for good governance ? Here is a three part blog that looks at the environment, and the quality and quality measurement challenges of using social media for good governance
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Understanding cloud computing is a must for everyone, particularly development professionals who will have to tackle cloud related strategic, implementation and design challenges in their projects.
To do so they need to “get in the cloud” and use it for their day to day computing. Here is a three part blog that explores the same
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Perhaps the biggest challenge to harnessing technology for economic development is addressing the digital divide. How can we do so? Here is a blog that looks at this issue.
Others
Edudemic: Higher education is going through an evolution as we speak. Here are two articles that explore these changes.
ReadWriteWeb: The future of Web 2.0, social media and their applications are as unpredictable as the people they connect. But from what we have seen and and what we can reasonably postulate, Here is a blog about how these technologies can have a profound positive impact in disaster management.
Chronicle of Higher Education: Using RebelMouse for social media curation
Former Blog "Governance Matters"
Can 140 characters bring about improved governance ? (Link to original blog)
Moving beyond Services (Link to original blog)
Emerging e-government themes in the Obama Administration (Link to orginal blog)
Governance in the public sector - a new paradigm ? (Link to original blog)
Putting governance before the "e" (Link to original blog)
Talking about a revolution (Web 2.0 and Bangladesh/Iran) (Link to original blog)
Twittering your way to improved governance (Link to original blog)
How can technology in public procurement bring about improved governance (link)
Udemy course: Done in 60 seconds: social media productivity apps for business and work (course)
Little Cayman for non-divers is an eBook that communicates the colors, sights and sounds of Little Cayman, as only an ebook can. It tells you your options for lodging, food and activities, as well as a bit about the local legends and stories