Tag Archives: education
Top 5 #Back2School Online Tools
Published on August 30, 2013 by Magda Alexandra Torres
It’s Back2School season! Are you prepared to go back to school? Make sure you check these online tools to impress you colleagues in class. Continue reading
How to get the most out of online learning
Published on May 28, 2013 by Magda Alexandra Torres
Are universities on the verge of disappearing? Is online learning going to take over classroom education? How can we get the most out of the new available tools for online learning? Here are some suggestions to make your online education more useful. Continue reading
Bhupesh Shah: Marketing Meets Education
Published on July 30, 2012 by Liam Boogar
With technology advancing as quickly as it is, there is often a sense that academia and education will be left in the dust. Professors can be seen as being out of touch with the youth … Continue reading
Iman Bibars: Social Entrepreneur Changing Lives
Published on June 14, 2012 by Liz Wilson
While political turmoil grabs the headlines in Egypt, Iman Bibars and her team at Ashoka are quietly fostering social change through encouraging and enabling social entrepreneurship. Iman is the Regional Director in the Arab world … Continue reading
Sahana Chattopadhyay: How to Make Business Social
Published on May 22, 2012 by Liz Wilson
Tips on communication and content curation in the enterprise from a thought-leading community manager. Continue reading
How To Share Online Without Worrying About Reputation
Published on April 20, 2012 by Evren Kiefer
Things go wrong sometimes with our online sharing. Being defensive and fearful is counter-productive. Handling these situations well is a good skill to have. Continue reading
The Engineers Sans Frontières Are Back
Published on March 28, 2012 by Liz Wilson
Paper.li’s desert adventurers complete their 11-day rally to help school children in Morocco. Continue reading
Jane Friedman: How to Get Published
Published on March 21, 2012 by Liz Wilson
Is there an author in you? Then you need to follow Jane and learn how to self-publish in a way that will get you readers… Continue reading
S. C. Nair: The Farmers’ Champion
Published on February 20, 2012 by Liz Wilson
One farmer-blogger in Kerala is building an online community for Indian farmers and campaigning to preserve the agricultural environment… Continue reading
Storymoja: Changing Kenya with Books
Published on January 27, 2012 by Liz Wilson
Books are drudgery to many Kenyans. Students burn their books after graduation. So five authors set up book publisher Storymoja to get Kenyans reading for pleasure. Aleya Jamel tells Paper.li how they plan to convince … Continue reading
Maria Grazia: Using Social Media to Share a Literary Passion
Published on January 15, 2012 by Liz Wilson
Maria lives in a small town not far from Rome, Italy,where it’s almost impossible to meet fellow Janeites. Paper.li connects her with JA lovers worldwide. Continue reading
Mohammed Ademo: Citizen Journalism in Africa
Published on December 22, 2011 by Liam Boogar
Raised in the Oromia region in Ethiopia, Mohammed Ademo never lost touch of his roots. A dual-degree Masters candidate in Journalism and International Affairs at Columbia University, Mohammed has worked with non-profit organizations as a … Continue reading
Engineers Sans Frontières: 4L Trophy, Rally of Hope
Published on December 14, 2011 by Liz Wilson
Meet Mehdi, Dorian and Albéric — three students who are putting their passion for cars and humanitarian aid to work to help underprivileged schoolchildren in Morocco. Donate to help! In February 2012 the three, who … Continue reading
Philippe Aigrain: Striking a Blow for Digital Freedom
Published on December 1, 2011 by Liz Wilson
This interview is part of an exclusive series Paper.li is doing with the CulturaDigital.Br festival in Rio. Continue reading
Chris Augeri, PhD: When Disaster Strikes
Published on November 10, 2011 by Liam Boogar
As we read online about disasters across the world, many of us wonder what we can do to help. Technologist, imagery specialist and concerned local Chris Augeri crowd-sourced curated information through Paper.li, Ushahidi and Crowdmap, … Continue reading
Jessica Buchleitner: Giving Women a Voice
Published on October 19, 2011 by Liz Wilson
Meet Jessica Buchleitner, on a mission to tell the world how strong women are, even in the face of war or repression. She single-handedly runs the 50 Women Project, a book, blog and soon humanitarian foundation to improve … Continue reading
Kate Morgan: Curating the Classroom
Published on October 12, 2011 by Liz Wilson
Meet Kate Morgan: an educator inspiring her students through social media and finding the good in it for academia. Paper.li publisher since June 2011.
Chiara Ferrara: Rowing with T-Rex
Published on June 7, 2011 by Kelly Hungerford
Meet Chiara Ferrara, a.k.a “Rexie” : Inspiring athlete and rower, social media enthusiast, Community Manager at Cambridge University and publisher of the Rowing Daily since Novemeber 2010.