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TOR134: Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) At UW Information School With Chris Coward

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What do libraries have to do with innovation for aid and development? Total honest answer from my side: when I was doing my research for the 134th Terms of Reference Podcast, I knew there would be high value in a conversation with Chris Coward - who is the co-founder, Principal Research Scientist, and Director of the Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) at the University of Washington - but I had no idea that our conversation would be such a fun, far ranging and wild ride.

From TASHA's convening of the first tech conference in 1999 about how society will be affected by the "new" interweb, to how MOOCS are used in the developing world, to how adoption of smart phones in Myanmar fundamentally changes that populations view of what computing is all about... to libraries, and how these institutions are becoming - not less - but more and more relevant in the age of information. I know you're going to love this show.

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What do libraries have to do with innovation for aid and development? Total honest answer from my side: when I was doing my research for the 134th Terms of Reference Podcast, I knew there would be high value in a conversation with Chris Coward - who is the co-founder, Principal Research Scientist, and Director of the Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) at the University of Washington - but I had no idea that our conversation would be such a fun, far ranging and wild ride.

From TASHA's convening of the first tech conference in 1999 about how society will be affected by the "new" interweb, to how MOOCS are used in the developing world, to how adoption of smart phones in Myanmar fundamentally changes that populations view of what computing is all about... to libraries, and how these institutions are becoming - not less - but more and more relevant in the age of information. I know you're going to love this show.

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