The Burmese Spring

This report is about the rapid progress that freedom of information has made in Burma, but also about the limits of this progress and the dangers it faces.
The international community is witnessing an unprecedented democratic transition in this Southeast Asian country after half a century of military dictatorship. But, as things stand, the possibility of the reforms being perverted cannot be ruled out.

Access the report at: http://zunia.org/post/the-burmese-spring

Brazil, the country of thirty Berlusconis

This report examines all of the shortcomings of this South American giant’s media landscape It is based on fact-finding visits to Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Brasilia in November 2012 The media topography of the country that is hosting the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics has barely changed in the three decades since the end of the 1964-85 military dictatorship. As well as the ten or so major companies that dominate the national media and are mainly based in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil has many regional media that are weakened by their subordination to the centres of power in the country’s individual states. The editorial independence of both print and broadcast media is above all undermined by their heavy financial reliance on advertising by state governments and agencies.

Access the report at: http://zunia.org/post/brazil-the-country-of-thirty-berlusconis

What To Study To Become An RN

If you're interested in nursing as a career, now is the time to become an RN. The demand for Registered Nurses (RNs) is strong and growing. This page tells you about the pathways to nursing registration, helps you to find suitable programs to prepare you for the NCLEX nursing licensing exam, and more ...
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What To Study To Become An RN

An Open Knowledge Platform on Building Energy Performance to Mitigate Climate Change

How best to help the sector deliver its global mitigation potential? Our answer at the Global Buildings Performance Network (GBPN) is collaboration: stimulating collective knowledge and analysis from experts and building professionals worldwide to advance best building performance policies and solutions that can support better decision-making. At the cornerstone of this strategy is our new Linked Open Data website launched on the 21st of February. This web-based tool is unique in that it has been designed as a global participatory open data knowledge hub: harvesting, curating and creating global best knowledge and data on building performance policies.

 

Read more at: http://blog.okfn.org/2013/03/14/an-open-knowledge-platform-on-building-energy-performance-to-mitigate-climate-change/

 

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Clinical Psychology Online and On Campus Programs

This page provides information on clinical psychology online and on campus programs. It tackles the questions - "what is clinical psychology" and" how is it different to counseling psychology?" and provides advice on programs to take in order to qualify in this field.

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Clinical Psychology Online and On Campus Programs

Open Educational Resources (OER) - Advantages, Implications and Lists

Open educational resources (OER) are digitized materials that are available for use and re-use in teaching, learning, and research, very often under a Creative Commons license.  In this page you can find out more about the many benefits - and some challenges - in using these valuable resources ...

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Open Educational Resources (OER) - Advantages, Implications and Lists

Local voices in climate change adaptation - Union Island, Caribbean

As a follow-up to the introduction of Participatory 3D Modelling (P3DM) in the Caribbean which took place in Tobago in October 2012, the NGO SusGren replicated the process in Union Island (St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean) in the context of the "At Waters Edge: Coastal Resilience in Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines (AWE)" project.

Read more: http://participatorygis.blogspot.nl/2013/03/local-voices-in-climate-change.html

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Bono: The good news on poverty (Yes, there's good news)

Human beings have been campaigning against inequality and poverty for 3,000 years. But this journey is accelerating. Bono "embraces his inner nerd" and shares inspiring data that shows the end of poverty is in sight ... if we can harness the momentum.

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Qualify as a Teacher with an Elementary Education Online Degree

This page provides information on elementary education online degrees, what is studied in them, where you can study them, the prospects, and more ...

These degrees prepare you for jobs in education and administration in elementary or primary education, which usually incorporates at least the first five grades of compulsory education in the US.

More details at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/elementary-education-online-degrees

How MOOCs Could Meet the Challenge of Providing a Global Education | MIT Technology Review

Students in countries like India and Brazil have been signing up in droves for these massive open online courses, or MOOCs, offered for free from top-tier universities, such as Stanford, MIT, and Harvard.
But putting free U.S. college courses online is only the first step to filling higher education needs around the world.

Read more at: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/512256/in-the-developing-world-moocs-start-to-get-real/  ;