What is Theory of Change? | Theory of Change Community
Image credit: Sidney Harris Theory of Change is essentially a comprehensive description and illustration of how and why a desired change is expected to happen in a particular context. It is focused in particular on mapping out or “filling in” what has been described as the “missing middle” between what a program or change initiative does (its activities or interventions) and how these lead to desired goals being achieved. The Outcomes Framework then provides the basis for identifying what type of activity or intervention will lead to the outcomes identified as preconditions for achieving the long-term goal.
The International Flag of Planet Earth
The scientific study of flags is called vexillology, and the practice of designing flags is called vexillography. Both of these are an outcome of heraldry. In these practices there are different unofficial design rules/costums, about colors, placement, proportions, typography, and aestethics in general. This proposal is accurate according to the regulations regarding flags. Centered in the flag, seven rings form a flower – a symbol of the life on Earth. The rings are linked to each other, which represents how everything on our planet, directly or indirectly, are linked. Centered on an azure field, seven circles of silver interlaced, creating a flower.
Digital Culture
REALITY, Reality, reality
As Alice said to Humpty Dumpty after he replied “Glory!”, “Why, whatever do you mean by that?” Reality — wouldn’t even go there trying to define it. AR/VR/MR Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, all coming to a headspace near you. Google Googles, Occulus Rift, Magic Leap, the list just goes on and on, and are all moving from the labs and techno-framing dungeons to a store shelf and digital click this coming year. And there is a mediated sense in which this is true. Hence the previous two posts, as breadcrumbs to get you to follow me to your new home in cyberspace. Blended/Mixed/Hybrid Reality will be offering you such things as a mediated walk thru your favorite art gallery. And that’s going to be one of the problems of mediated cyberspace. Cory Doctorow has many good things to say about this and you can thank your lucky stars he’s on your (our) side, working tirelessly on your (our) behalves, at EFF And guess who’s waiting for you. Learned a new word this week: Pronoia.
IAP | Book | Transformative Eco-Education for Human and Planetary Survival
Edited by:Jing Lin, University of MarylandRebecca L. Oxford, Alabama A&M University A volume in the series: Transforming Education for the Future. Editor(s): Jing Lin, University of Maryland. Rebecca L. Oxford, Alabama A&M University. Published 2011 Transformative eco-education is environmental education that is literally needed to transform and save our planet, especially during the global ecological crises of our present century. This book presents powerful ideas for transformative eco-education. The chapters in this book provide key principles, of which the following are just a few. CONTENTSIntroduction: Transformative Eco-Education in a Time of Global Ecological Crises, Rebecca Oxford and Jing Lin.
Top 10 emerging technologies of 2015
Technology is perhaps the greatest agent of change in the modern world. While never without risk, technological breakthroughs promise innovative solutions to the most pressing global challenges of our time. From zero-emission cars fuelled by hydrogen to computer chips modelled on the human brain, this year’s 10 emerging technologies offer a vivid glimpse of the power of innovation to improve lives, transform industries and safeguard our planet. To compile this list, the World Economic Forum’s Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies, a panel of 18 experts, draws on the collective expertise of the Forum’s communities to identify the most important recent technological trends. The 2015 list is: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 1. Zero-emission cars that run on hydrogen “Fuel cell” vehicles have been long promised, as they potentially offer several major advantages over electric and hydrocarbon-powered vehicles. There are a number of ways to produce hydrogen without generating carbon emissions.
Media and Culture Journal
M/C Journal was founded (as "M/C - A Journal of Media and Culture") in 1998 as a place of public intellectualism analysing and critiquing the meeting of media and culture. M/C Journal is a fully blind, peer-reviewed academic journal, but is also open to submissions and responses from anyone on the Internet. We take seriously the need to move ideas outward, so that our cultural debates may have some resonance with wider political and cultural interests. Each issue is organised around a one word theme (see our past issues), and is edited by one or two guest editors with a particular interest in that theme. Vol 23, No 1 (2020): dream Edited by Lorna Piatti-Farnell and Emerald L.
Global Voices - Global Voices | Strengthening Governance Through Participation
Our World Digitized: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly | MIT World
World Values Survey
All Things Connected | Digital Culture
