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CDI Receives Digital Innovation Leadership Grant

CHAMPAIGN, September 26, 2014—Illinois citizens will soon have increased access to the latest digital tools and economic development opportunities. University of Illinois Extension has awarded $300,000 to the Center for Digital Inclusion at the Graduate School of Library and Information

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Big Data and Small (locally sourced) Data Panel Discussion

Please join the Chicagoland Broadband Communities Meetup to discuss Big Data and Small (locally sourced and relevant) Data and how it intersects with high speed broadband.  Panelists include Jon Gant from the Center for Digital Inclusion, Bruce Montgomery from TATV

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Teen Design Days

Working with Refugee and Immigrant Youth to Create Information Technologies & Services Make plans to attend “Teen Design Days: Working with Youth to Create Information Technologies & Services”, a presentation and discussion with Ann Peterson Bishop, GSLIS at Illinois associate

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Gant to moderate TPRC42 panel

Jon Gant, GSLIS research associate professor and director of the Center for Digital Inclusion, will moderate a panel at this week’s Telecommunication Policy Research Conference (TPRC42), held at George Mason University School of Law on September 12-14. Gant, a national

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New grant supports digital literacy learning in C-U

Senior Research Scientist Martin Wolske and four GSLIS graduate students are working on a new project called, “Digital Literacy for ALL Learners.” The project, funded by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, will be a collaborative effort involving

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