Organization:TechChange

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Short description: US social enterprise
TechChange
TechChange logo.png
Founded2010 (2010)
FounderNick Martin
FocusICT4D, technology, social change
Location
Area served
Global
MethodDistance learning, capacity building
Key people
Nick Martin – President & CEO
Websitewww.techchange.org

TechChange is a US social enterprise which provides courses on the use of technology in addressing social and global challenges.[1][2][3] Their e-learning platform "has been used by more than 600 students from more than 70 countries."[4] It is a registered benefit corporation based in Washington, DC and was founded in the summer of 2010.[5] The Economist dubbed TechChange as ”the Geeks for Good”.[6][7]

Courses

TechChange provides online certificate courses on a number of topics including technology for emergency management, mobile phones for international development, social media for social change, social entrepreneurship, digital organizing, open government and more.[8][9]

Activities

TechChange also partners with international development, humanitarian, and peacebuilding organizations such as USAID, US State Department, World Bank and United Nations Foundation to deliver online educational content.[10] In 2012, TechChange partnered with the mHealth Alliance, a joint program hosted by the United Nations Foundation, to create the first online certificate course in mHealth.[11][12]

TechChange produces educational animations for international development topics and tools. In April 2013, a TechChange animation on M-Pesa, the popular mobile money transfer program was featured as the United States Agency for International Development video of the week.[13]

TechChange has been featured in a variety of publications for their new approaches to online learning and capacity building including the The New York Times , PBS NewsHour, The Economist, Fast Company, Chronicle of Higher Education, Stanford Social Innovation Review, The Guardian , and Dowser.org.[8][14][15][16][17][18][19]

References

  1. ↑ "Technology and Development: Geeks for Good". The Economist. June 27, 2012. http://www.economist.com/node/21557706. 
  2. ↑ "Best Learning Resources for Aspiring Social Entrepreneurs". Fast Company The $10,000 Social Innovation Degree. Fast Company. September 24, 2013. http://www.fastcompany.com/3015866/the-10000-social-innovation-degree. 
  3. ↑ "TechChange: Teaching the World to Use Technology for Social Impact". Tech Cocktail blog. Tech Cocktail. August 22, 2013. http://tech.co/techchange-technology-for-social-impact-2013-08. 
  4. ↑ "TechChange | Customer Success Stories | Screenleap API". https://www.screenleap.com/api/customer-success-stories/techchange. 
  5. ↑ "TechChange B-Corp Status". B-Corp database. BCorporation.net. October 1, 2012. http://www.bcorporation.net/community/techchange. 
  6. ↑ "Geeks for good". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. https://www.economist.com/feast-and-famine/2012/06/27/geeks-for-good. 
  7. ↑ "TechChange Company Info" (in en-US). https://elearningindustry.com/directory/elearning-companies/techchange. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Ubiquitous Across Globe, Cellphones Have Become Tool for Doing Good". New York Times. November 8, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/08/giving/ubiquitous-across-globe-cellphones-have-become-tool-for-doing-good.html?_r=0. 
  9. ↑ "TechChange course listings". TechChange website. TechChange. August 4, 2013. http://techchange.org/online-courses/. 
  10. ↑ "Nick Martin '04 Leads the Way for New Swat Entrepreneurs". Swarthmore College Bulletin. Swarthmore College. January 13, 2013. http://www.swarthmore.edu/news-and-events/nick-martin-04-leads-the-way-for-new-swat-entrepreneurs.xml. 
  11. ↑ "mHealth Alliance and TechChange to Offer Online Certificate Course on mHealth" (Press release). PRWeb. May 30, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
  12. ↑ "mHealth Alliance & TechChange Partner to Offer First of its Kind Online Certificate Course on mHealth". mHealth Watch. May 31, 2012. http://mhealthwatch.com/mhealth-alliance-techchange-partner-to-offer-first-of-its-kind-online-certificate-course-on-mhealth-19095/. 
  13. ↑ "Video of the Week: Animating M-PESA". USAID. April 2, 2013. http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/04/video-of-the-week-animating-m-pesa/. 
  14. ↑ "Civic Startups Introduce New Technology to Government". PBS News The Rundown Hour. PBS. July 31, 2012. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/07/post-21.html. 
  15. ↑ "Technology and Development: Geeks for Good". Feast and famine blog. The Economist. June 27, 2012. http://www.economist.com/node/21557706. 
  16. ↑ "5 Tools for Building a Next-Generation 'Hybrid' Class Website". Profhacker. Chronicle of Higher Education. May 20, 2011. http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/5-tools-for-building-a-next-generation-hybrid-class-website/33529s. 
  17. ↑ "What's Holding Back Mobile Phones for Education?". Stanford Social Innovation Review Blog. Stanford Social Innovation Review. February 11, 2013. http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/whats_holding_back_mobile_phones_for_education. 
  18. ↑ "Youth Unemployment: Can Mobile Technology Improve Employability?". Global Development Professionals Network. The Guardian. February 26, 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2013/feb/26/mobile-education-mobile-phones. 
  19. ↑ "Reflections from the 2012 mHealth Summit for Smarter Public Health". Dowser blog. Dowser.org. January 3, 2013. http://dowser.org/whats-next-for-mobile-phones-for-public-health-reflections-from-the-2012-mhealth-summit/. 

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