On November 6, 2014, I organized a meet-up during the 2014 World Innovation Forum for Education. The audience was small, but diverse and active. Participants came from Egypt, France, Afghanistan, Palestine, Lebanon, China, as well as Qatar, where the summit was held. A variety of mobile phones were used by participants of this session, including […]

For many people, the image of teenagers clutching game controllers and staring at screens is troubling. However, it is not necessarily the fact that young people fill their idle time with playful entertainment that concerns adults. Instead, there is something disconcerting about the amount of focused energy that players dedicate to understanding and mastering the […]

In this digital era, characterized by the rapid development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), illiterate people are at greater risk than ever. Those with less education will find it increasingly difficult to participate in developing knowledge-based societies, thus increasing social division and the digital and knowledge divide (Reimers, 2000). Without an innovative intervention to […]