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Blog Entry Guru-G Learning Labs and CIS A2K Institutional Partnership
by Tanveer Hasan published Dec 03, 2015 last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:52 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Incorporated in 2013, Guru-G is the world’s first gamified platform for teaching and teacher training.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Hacking, Modding & Making
by Prasad Krishna published Apr 09, 2012 — filed under: ,
Seeber's electronics laboratory is a room in a unit he shares with his mother. Every available space is taken up with teetering towers of electronic parts, writes Brendan Shanahan for GQ.
Located in News & Media
Helping Institutions Embrace Open Access
by Admin published Nov 23, 2017 last modified Nov 27, 2017 03:11 PM — filed under: , ,
World over, a large number of universities and institutions are making way for open access repositories. Why have Indian researchers shied away from it?
Located in Openness / News & Media
Blog Entry Hindi Wiki Community Baithak in Delhi
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Feb 27, 2015 — filed under: , , , ,
Hindi Wikimedians met in New Delhi during February 14 and 15. This was the first meeting of the Hindi community. Subhashish Panigrahi attended the meetup.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry Hindustani Language: We Are Wikipedia
by Syed Muzammiluddin published Mar 27, 2015 last modified Apr 10, 2015 04:20 PM — filed under: , ,
In 2014, the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) embarked on a new social media-based initiative - WeAreWikipedia. The aim of the project was "One Wikimedian every week to tell untold community stories on Twitter".
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry History of Creative Commons in India
by Priyank Dwivedi published Nov 13, 2013 — filed under:
This blog-post discusses the potential for Creative Commons in India, in light of imminent Creative Commons Re-launch, by highlighting the history of works licensed under Creative Commons in the country.
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Blog Entry History of Wikipedia Education programme at Christ (Deemed to be University)
by Ananth published Oct 29, 2018 last modified Oct 29, 2018 02:20 AM — filed under: , ,
This article gives the insight of Christ Wikipedia Education Program, how students are involved in different capacities in the program and shares the best practices of the Education Program.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry How Can We Make Open Education Truly Open?
by Nishant Shah published Nov 30, 2013 — filed under: , ,
I have spent the last month being unpopular. I have been in conversation with many ‘Open Everything’ activists and practitioners. At each instance, we got stuck because I insisted that we begin by defining what ‘Open’ means in the easy abuse that it is subject to.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry How It Came To Be: Wiki Loves Uniformed Services
by Guest blogger: Krishna Chaitanya Velaga published Jul 10, 2017 — filed under: , , ,
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Blog Entry How Open Access Content helps Fuel Growth in Indian-language Wikipedias
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Oct 25, 2016 — filed under: , , , ,
Mobile Internet connectivity is growing rapidly in rural India, and because most Internet users are more comfortable in their native languages, websites producing content in Indian languages are going to drive this growth. In a country like India in which only a handful of journals are available in Indian languages, open access to research and educational resources is hugely important for populating content for the various Indian language Wikipedias.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs