More Evidence That MOOCs Are Not Great Equalizers
BY Jessica McKenzie | Monday, March 17 2014
A survey by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania reveals that the majority of students enrolled in Coursera's massive open online courses or MOOCs are employed, degree-holding men.
Read MoreMaking All Voices Count: Getting Governments to Respond to Citizen Feedback
BY Jessica McKenzie | Wednesday, October 2 2013
Government transparency and civic engagement are all well and good, of course, but it's only when governments respond to citizen feedback that palpable change can take place in societies. That is the driving idea behind Making All Voices Count, an initiative backed by a consortium of civil society organizations which will provide funding for projects tackling “citizen action and government responsiveness" in order to "close the feedback loop." This initiative will pack a punch: they have $45 million bucks behind them. They are soliciting the first round of proposals now, due by November 8, so we contacted director Marjan Besuijen to learn more.
Read MoreSouth Africans Use Community Monitoring Tool to Promote Gov't Accountability
BY Jessica McKenzie | Thursday, August 15 2013
Citizens in South Africa have taken community monitoring into their own hands – and onto their social networks. Using a tool called Lungisa, they can report problems with water, sanitation, electricity, schooling and health care and the nonprofit that operates Lungisa, Cell-Life, reports the problem to the appropriate authorities. Even better? The issues are getting resolved.
Read MoreIn South Africa, Organizers Combine Old and New Media to Take on Corruption
BY Anna Therese Day | Monday, May 6 2013
Civil society organizers engage South Africans in the fight against corruption by employing both an old and new media awareness strategy about the gravity of this issue. Read More
OGP Diplomacy and South Africa’s Secrecy Law
BY David Eaves | Wednesday, June 20 2012
Open Government Partnership member South Africa has proposed a bill that would make it illegal to publish or even possess leaked government documents, an early test of the partnership's ability to set new international ... Read More