Information Society Watch

November 29, 2006, Frederick Noronha, SciDev.net

At a workshop in Bangalore, India, a set of guidelines for free access of publicly funded research in developing countries was put forward by scientists from Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India and South Africa. The guidelines premise that open access may help to level the scientific playing field despite the fact that work done by scientists in the developing world has been virtually invisible to those in developed countries.

May 2, 2007, BBC News Service

Attempts to gag the blogosphere from publishing details of a DVD crack on a portal have led to a user revolt. The entire case revolves around a blogger who posted details regarding a DVD crack and a letter from the organisation which that oversees the digital rights management technology on high-definition DVDs, warning the portal to prevent the details of that crack from appearing on it.

January 2005, R.G. Jackson

This is part two of a two part report that addresses specific issues of ICTs in education. This section discusses the question of making courseware freely available to anyone having access to the Internet.

2006, Penporn Pagram and Jeremy Pagram, The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC)

This paper discusses at the topic of e-learning from a Thai perspective, examining the links between culture and education in Thailand and looks at the way Thai students are taught to learn. The paper reports on one author's research into this area and includes suggestions for designers of Thai e-learning.