Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars

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Lectures and seminars from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford. The OII is a leading world centre for multidisciplinary research and teaching on the social factors that are shaping the Internet, and their implications for society. Areas covered by our podcasts include: social networking, Internet regulation, safety and security online, e-government and democracy, civil society, open access, identity, e-learning, citizen journalism and new media, and the future of the Internet itself.

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Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism

Mar 26 2015 87 mins  
Judy Wajcman explains why we immediately interpret our experiences with digital technology as inexorably accelerating everyday life. The technologically tethered, iPhone-addicted figure is an image we can easily conjure. Most of us complain that there aren't enough hours in the day and there are too many e-mails in our thumb-accessible inboxes. This widespread perception that life

Combatting Corruption with Mobile Phones

Mar 26 2015 62 mins  
India's right to information movement demonstrated the potential to combat corruption through social audits – an exercise to share and verify public records with people. India's right to information movement demonstrated the potential to combat corruption through social audits – an exercise to share and verify public records with people. But this process requires a lot of time,

Africa's Information Revolution: Rhetoric and Reality

Mar 26 2015 73 mins  
Over the past decade there has been a phenomenal growth in mobile phone and internet usage in Africa which has attracted substantial media and academic interest. Over the past decade there has been a phenomenal growth in mobile phone and internet usage in Africa which has attracted substantial media and academic interest. However questions remain about the economically transformati

Dying for an iPhone: The Hidden Struggle of China's Workers

Mar 26 2015 81 mins  
An in-depth study of the most powerful electronics contractor and the lives of its 1.4 million workers. During 2010, 18 workers attempted suicide at Taiwanese-owned Foxconn Technology Group's Chinese facilities, where Apple and other high profile branded products are produced and assembled. They ranged in age from 17 to 25 - the prime of youth. Fourteen died, while four survived wi

Ethical Treatment of Data in New Digital Landscapes - bringing development practitioners and academics together

Mar 26 2015 36 mins  
How can NGOs like Oxfam come together with academics and practitioners alike to tackle emerging privacy and security challenges when it comes to effective management of data? Data has invaluable applications to ensure organisations like Oxfam are needs driven and responsive, meanwhile there are also huge risks to communities if the related processes are not designed and managed in

The (so far) grassroots success story of Farmerline, a social mobile tech enterprise for African farmers

Feb 04 2015 75 mins  
Alloysius Attah will discuss some of Farmerline's success factors, including its locally adapted technological solutions and strong local outreach. Development organizations, governments, and many others have put high hopes in the potential of mobile technology to improve and upgrade agricultural markets and value chains. However, with a few exceptions, traction and scale of mobile

Learning with the crowd? New structures, new practices for knowledge, learning, and education

Jan 09 2015 52 mins  
This talk explores the emerging trends and forces that are radically reshaping learning and knowledge practices. Learning has left the classroom. It is being re-constituted across distance, discipline, workplace, and media as the social and technical interconnectivity of the Internet challenges existing structures for learning and education. The new ‘e-learning’ is more than a

Tales from the Zooniverse or, What to do with a million scientists

Jan 09 2015 58 mins  
Tales from the Zooniverse or, What to do with a million scientists

De-MOOC-ifying Online Learning

Jan 09 2015 86 mins  
panel examines online learning through comparing and contrasting the MOOC format with traditional online strategies. In the last few years MOOCs have achieved a great deal of attention in higher education. While addressing the issue of scale, there is much debate over how well they satisfy learning effectiveness, satisfaction, and overall quality. This panel examines online learnin

Facing the Crowd: Past, Present, and Furtures of Digital Labor

Jan 09 2015 57 mins  
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