Yearly Archives: 2013

Community Development Key Topic at Engagement Scholarship Consortium

Representatives from the Center for Digital Inclusion and partners from the Champaign-Urbana community are focusing on community development at the 2013 Engagement Scholarship Consortium gathering in Lubbock, Texas. Martin Wolske, Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Digital Inclusion (CDI) at the

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Wolske to Present at UNESCO Center for Global Citizenship Event

Martin Wolske, Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Digital Inclusion in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, will present on UNESCO’s Inclusive Knowledge Societies at an upcoming program on Oct. 17, 2013 in Urbana, Illinois. The event

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US Ignite Announcements: Google Fiber and more!

Announcements published in the Sept. 23, 2013 US Ignite Newsletter are below. Champaign-Urbana’s Big Broadband Network (UC2B) is a member of US Ignite. To learn more, visit www.us-ignite.org. US Ignite Partners with Google Fiber and Launches the Gigabit Explorer Challenge  

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Dr. Anne Balsamo: Designing Digital Memorials

“Designing Digital Memorials” will highlight interactions among interactive media, crucial societal concerns, and the humanities. Initially created in 1978, The AIDS Memorial Quilt now includes more than 48,000 individual panels. If the Quilt were to be displayed in its entirety,

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Community Informatics Students Working to Bridge Digital Divide in Champaign Schools

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, Sept. 16, 2013 — Graduate students and parents of elementary-school children are coming together to learn about technology as part of a new initiative at Kenwood Elementary. Led by Martin Wolske, Senior Research Scientist at the Graduate School

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