Data Driven Journalism Training

Are you aware that data journalism is the future of journalism? and that Online journalism is pertinent with data journalism? and that the internet revolution plus Tanzania's decision to join Open Government Partnership present a unique opportunity for flourishing of data driven journalism? Fascinating, right? Now read on below:

The European Center for Journalism and Data Driven Journalism are co-organizing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Data Driven Journalism (DDJ). The course started yesterday (19th May) and will end up on 31 July 2014. Registration is free and ongoing! What you need is internet connection to access course materials/tutorials. For registration and other details follow the link below: https://www.canvas.net/courses/doing-journalism-with-data. 

On top of that, the Dar es Salaam Open Knowledge Community, Buni Hub and Tanzania Media Forum will be co-organizing local learning group meeting ups once per week. The purpose of these meet ups is to bring learners together to share their learning experiences and think ahead on future collaborative projects on data journalism etc.

With this note, the Dar es Salaam Open Knowledge Community, Buni Hub and Tanzania Media Forum, invite all interested in this course to attend the first meet up to be held on Saturday 24th May 2014 at Buni Hub from 11.00am. to 13.00pm. The meet up aims to orient learners on data journalism and set a data journalism learning network/group.

You are all kindly invited! 

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DAR ES SALAAM OPEN KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITY EVENTS RECAP 

FIRST OPEN KNOWLEDGE MEETUP IN DAR ES SALAAM -TANZANIA

On 19th February 2014, the first Community meetup was held at the Innovation Space (COSTECH Building) in Dar es Salaam. The meetup was attended by members from Creative Commons Tanzania, Twaweza, and TANZICT. Some of the achievements of the meet up was founding the Community (12 founding members joined the Community). Mr. Yulli Jeremia, Community leader, introduced about the Open Knowledge Foundation Network and the goals and values of the Dar es Salaaam Open Knowledge Community. Members discussed on potential projects to pursue in the future and the need to target more open knowledge enthusiast in Tanzania. The community resolved to participate in the global Open Data Day 2014 despite having very short preparation time. 

ODD2014 IN DAR ES SALAAM! 

Did you konw that ODD2014 took place in Dar on 22nd February 2014? Despite having short time for preparation yet the event was very successful! Acknowledgement for the success goes to the OKFNTZ, TWAWEZA, TANZICT, and CREATIVE COMMONS TANZANIA for putting together their comparative advantage to make the event a success. Our open knowledge enthusiasts got busy with discussion on Open Knowledge Community Building, visualized population census, and presented on two open data projects supported by Twaweza. Visualization of health facilities in Tanzania presented by Mr. Jumanne Mtambalike from TANZICT (see Afya Map Project) opened our eyes to appreciate the power of open data. This was followed by a presentation cum data visualization by Mr. Al Amin from Twaweza on the Voices of Citizen Project (Sauti za Wananchi) and Shule.infohttp://www.shule.info/ project. Both projects are open data driven and aims at empowering both citizens and policy makers through easing access to information/data. 

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Education at Open Data Day

February 18, 2014 in data, featured

Saturday 22nd February is Open Data Day! There will be more than 110 events worldwide and there’s still time to get involved, see the online planning video for ways to participate and eaves.ca blog post for inspiration.

Open Data Day is a gathering of citizens in cities around the world to write applications, liberate data, create visualizations and publish analyses using open public data to show support for and encourage the adoption of open data policies by the world’s local, regional and national governments.

- See more at: http://education.okfn.org/education-at-open-data-day/#sthash.8KYYVBqf.dpuf

Open Data Day is a gathering of citizens in cities around the world to write applications, liberate data, create visualizations and publish analyses using open public data to show support for and encourage the adoption of open data policies by the world’s local, regional and national governments.
The events are open to anyone: from curious citizens to journalists, tech-geeks to scientists, designers to data wranglers.
The Open Education Working Group is really keen to promote all the Open Data Day events relating to education, so we have a little list for you!

• The Open Knowledge Foundation Ireland are organizing a book sprint to create an open source and free to use textbook for schools that will help kids get coding and computing. A Dublin Hackathon is also being organised supported by Dublinked and Fingal Open Data, one of the projects they will be working on is tidying up the Higher education statistics for Republic of Ireland
• In the US the Open New York Forum’s Open Data Day will take the form of three tracks, one of which is Planning the future of NYC’s Internet access, Education Policy, Open Government, and Technology Industry Policy via the NY Tech Meetup. At North Carolina State University Triangle2014 also focuses on three issues: Open data education; hacking for civic good and uniting the triangle through data.
• At the Kathmandu2013 Hackathon “Tracing Foreign Aid to Nepal, how much aid is going to Education sector?” has been suggested as one of the problem statements
• In Bandung, Indonesia the World Bank Indonesia will hold a one-day workshop of open data for development in the Bandung Institute of Technology. Education will be one of the themes of the Open Data Idea Challenge.

Other countries with open education data themes include Holland, Canada and Ghana.
Have a great Open Data Day!

- See more at: http://education.okfn.org/education-at-open-data-day/#sthash.8KYYVBqf.dpuf

Education at Open Data Day

February 18, 2014 in data, featured

Saturday 22nd February is Open Data Day! There will be more than 110 events worldwide and there’s still time to get involved, see the online planning video for ways to participate and eaves.ca blog post for inspiration.

Open Data Day is a gathering of citizens in cities around the world to write applications, liberate data, create visualizations and publish analyses using open public data to show support for and encourage the adoption of open data policies by the world’s local, regional and national governments.

The events are open to anyone: from curious citizens to journalists, tech-geeks to scientists, designers to data wranglers.
The Open Education Working Group is really keen to promote all the Open Data Day events relating to education, so we have a little list for you!

• The Open Knowledge Foundation Ireland are organizing a book sprint to create an open source and free to use textbook for schools that will help kids get coding and computing. A Dublin Hackathon is also being organised supported by Dublinked and Fingal Open Data, one of the projects they will be working on is tidying up the Higher education statistics for Republic of Ireland
• In the US the Open New York Forum’s Open Data Day will take the form of three tracks, one of which is Planning the future of NYC’s Internet access, Education Policy, Open Government, and Technology Industry Policy via the NY Tech Meetup. At North Carolina State University Triangle2014 also focuses on three issues: Open data education; hacking for civic good and uniting the triangle through data.
• At the Kathmandu2013 Hackathon “Tracing Foreign Aid to Nepal, how much aid is going to Education sector?” has been suggested as one of the problem statements
• In Bandung, Indonesia the World Bank Indonesia will hold a one-day workshop of open data for development in the Bandung Institute of Technology. Education will be one of the themes of the Open Data Idea Challenge.

Other countries with open education data themes include Holland, Canada and Ghana.
Have a great Open Data Day!

- See more at: http://education.okfn.org/education-at-open-data-day/#sthash.8KYYVBqf.dpuf

Education at Open Data Day

February 18, 2014 in data, featured

Saturday 22nd February is Open Data Day! There will be more than 110 events worldwide and there’s still time to get involved, see the online planning video for ways to participate and eaves.ca blog post for inspiration.

Open Data Day is a gathering of citizens in cities around the world to write applications, liberate data, create visualizations and publish analyses using open public data to show support for and encourage the adoption of open data policies by the world’s local, regional and national governments.

The events are open to anyone: from curious citizens to journalists, tech-geeks to scientists, designers to data wranglers.
The Open Education Working Group is really keen to promote all the Open Data Day events relating to education, so we have a little list for you!

• The Open Knowledge Foundation Ireland are organizing a book sprint to create an open source and free to use textbook for schools that will help kids get coding and computing. A Dublin Hackathon is also being organised supported by Dublinked and Fingal Open Data, one of the projects they will be working on is tidying up the Higher education statistics for Republic of Ireland
• In the US the Open New York Forum’s Open Data Day will take the form of three tracks, one of which is Planning the future of NYC’s Internet access, Education Policy, Open Government, and Technology Industry Policy via the NY Tech Meetup. At North Carolina State University Triangle2014 also focuses on three issues: Open data education; hacking for civic good and uniting the triangle through data.
• At the Kathmandu2013 Hackathon “Tracing Foreign Aid to Nepal, how much aid is going to Education sector?” has been suggested as one of the problem statements
• In Bandung, Indonesia the World Bank Indonesia will hold a one-day workshop of open data for development in the Bandung Institute of Technology. Education will be one of the themes of the Open Data Idea Challenge.

Other countries with open education data themes include Holland, Canada and Ghana.
Have a great Open Data Day!

- See more at: http://education.okfn.org/education-at-open-data-day/#sthash.8KYYVBqf.dpuf

Education at Open Data Day

February 18, 2014 in data, featured

Saturday 22nd February is Open Data Day! There will be more than 110 events worldwide and there’s still time to get involved, see the online planning video for ways to participate and eaves.ca blog post for inspiration.

Open Data Day is a gathering of citizens in cities around the world to write applications, liberate data, create visualizations and publish analyses using open public data to show support for and encourage the adoption of open data policies by the world’s local, regional and national governments.

The events are open to anyone: from curious citizens to journalists, tech-geeks to scientists, designers to data wranglers.
The Open Education Working Group is really keen to promote all the Open Data Day events relating to education, so we have a little list for you!

• The Open Knowledge Foundation Ireland are organizing a book sprint to create an open source and free to use textbook for schools that will help kids get coding and computing. A Dublin Hackathon is also being organised supported by Dublinked and Fingal Open Data, one of the projects they will be working on is tidying up the Higher education statistics for Republic of Ireland
• In the US the Open New York Forum’s Open Data Day will take the form of three tracks, one of which is Planning the future of NYC’s Internet access, Education Policy, Open Government, and Technology Industry Policy via the NY Tech Meetup. At North Carolina State University Triangle2014 also focuses on three issues: Open data education; hacking for civic good and uniting the triangle through data.
• At the Kathmandu2013 Hackathon “Tracing Foreign Aid to Nepal, how much aid is going to Education sector?” has been suggested as one of the problem statements
• In Bandung, Indonesia the World Bank Indonesia will hold a one-day workshop of open data for development in the Bandung Institute of Technology. Education will be one of the themes of the Open Data Idea Challenge.

Other countries with open education data themes include Holland, Canada and Ghana.
Have a great Open Data Day!

- See more at: http://education.okfn.org/education-at-open-data-day/#sthash.8KYYVBqf.dpuf

Education at Open Data Day

February 18, 2014 in data, featured

Saturday 22nd February is Open Data Day! There will be more than 110 events worldwide and there’s still time to get involved, see the online planning video for ways to participate and eaves.ca blog post for inspiration.

Open Data Day is a gathering of citizens in cities around the world to write applications, liberate data, create visualizations and publish analyses using open public data to show support for and encourage the adoption of open data policies by the world’s local, regional and national governments.

The events are open to anyone: from curious citizens to journalists, tech-geeks to scientists, designers to data wranglers.
The Open Education Working Group is really keen to promote all the Open Data Day events relating to education, so we have a little list for you!

• The Open Knowledge Foundation Ireland are organizing a book sprint to create an open source and free to use textbook for schools that will help kids get coding and computing. A Dublin Hackathon is also being organised supported by Dublinked and Fingal Open Data, one of the projects they will be working on is tidying up the Higher education statistics for Republic of Ireland
• In the US the Open New York Forum’s Open Data Day will take the form of three tracks, one of which is Planning the future of NYC’s Internet access, Education Policy, Open Government, and Technology Industry Policy via the NY Tech Meetup. At North Carolina State University Triangle2014 also focuses on three issues: Open data education; hacking for civic good and uniting the triangle through data.
• At the Kathmandu2013 Hackathon “Tracing Foreign Aid to Nepal, how much aid is going to Education sector?” has been suggested as one of the problem statements
• In Bandung, Indonesia the World Bank Indonesia will hold a one-day workshop of open data for development in the Bandung Institute of Technology. Education will be one of the themes of the Open Data Idea Challenge.

Other countries with open education data themes include Holland, Canada and Ghana.
Have a great Open Data Day!

- See more at: http://education.okfn.org/education-at-open-data-day/#sthash.8KYYVBqf.dpuf

Education at Open Data Day

February 18, 2014 in data, featured

Saturday 22nd February is Open Data Day! There will be more than 110 events worldwide and there’s still time to get involved, see the online planning video for ways to participate and eaves.ca blog post for inspiration.

Open Data Day is a gathering of citizens in cities around the world to write applications, liberate data, create visualizations and publish analyses using open public data to show support for and encourage the adoption of open data policies by the world’s local, regional and national governments.

The events are open to anyone: from curious citizens to journalists, tech-geeks to scientists, designers to data wranglers.
The Open Education Working Group is really keen to promote all the Open Data Day events relating to education, so we have a little list for you!

• The Open Knowledge Foundation Ireland are organizing a book sprint to create an open source and free to use textbook for schools that will help kids get coding and computing. A Dublin Hackathon is also being organised supported by Dublinked and Fingal Open Data, one of the projects they will be working on is tidying up the Higher education statistics for Republic of Ireland
• In the US the Open New York Forum’s Open Data Day will take the form of three tracks, one of which is Planning the future of NYC’s Internet access, Education Policy, Open Government, and Technology Industry Policy via the NY Tech Meetup. At North Carolina State University Triangle2014 also focuses on three issues: Open data education; hacking for civic good and uniting the triangle through data.
• At the Kathmandu2013 Hackathon “Tracing Foreign Aid to Nepal, how much aid is going to Education sector?” has been suggested as one of the problem statements
• In Bandung, Indonesia the World Bank Indonesia will hold a one-day workshop of open data for development in the Bandung Institute of Technology. Education will be one of the themes of the Open Data Idea Challenge.

Other countries with open education data themes include Holland, Canada and Ghana.
Have a great Open Data Day!

- See more at: http://education.okfn.org/education-at-open-data-day/#sthash.8KYYVBqf.dpuf

Education at Open Data Day

February 18, 2014 in data, featured

Saturday 22nd February is Open Data Day! There will be more than 110 events worldwide and there’s still time to get involved, see the online planning video for ways to participate and eaves.ca blog post for inspiration.

Open Data Day is a gathering of citizens in cities around the world to write applications, liberate data, create visualizations and publish analyses using open public data to show support for and encourage the adoption of open data policies by the world’s local, regional and national governments.

The events are open to anyone: from curious citizens to journalists, tech-geeks to scientists, designers to data wranglers.
The Open Education Working Group is really keen to promote all the Open Data Day events relating to education, so we have a little list for you!

• The Open Knowledge Foundation Ireland are organizing a book sprint to create an open source and free to use textbook for schools that will help kids get coding and computing. A Dublin Hackathon is also being organised supported by Dublinked and Fingal Open Data, one of the projects they will be working on is tidying up the Higher education statistics for Republic of Ireland
• In the US the Open New York Forum’s Open Data Day will take the form of three tracks, one of which is Planning the future of NYC’s Internet access, Education Policy, Open Government, and Technology Industry Policy via the NY Tech Meetup. At North Carolina State University Triangle2014 also focuses on three issues: Open data education; hacking for civic good and uniting the triangle through data.
• At the Kathmandu2013 Hackathon “Tracing Foreign Aid to Nepal, how much aid is going to Education sector?” has been suggested as one of the problem statements
• In Bandung, Indonesia the World Bank Indonesia will hold a one-day workshop of open data for development in the Bandung Institute of Technology. Education will be one of the themes of the Open Data Idea Challenge.

Other countries with open education data themes include Holland, Canada and Ghana.
Have a great Open Data Day!

- See more at: http://education.okfn.org/education-at-open-data-day/#sthash.8KYYVBqf.dpuf

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Join us in Berlin for OKFestival 2014!

OKFestival, the Open Knowledge Festival, is back!
Join us from July 15th – 17th 2014 for an international gathering of open communities in Berlin. As well as the two days of keynote lectures, discussion sessions, workshops and hackathons, there’ll be additional fringe events around the city. We look forward to seeing you there!

• This year’s OKFestival will build on many years of successful international open knowledge events – including OKFestival 2012 and OKCon 2013 – to create a meeting that is focused on turning open knowledge into positive action.
  What are the defining qualities of OKFestival?
  
• Global: We welcome, reach out to, and offer a platform to anyone interested and/or involved in the Open movement.
• Diverse and inclusive:  OKFestival embraces global diversity – we’re keen to see attendees from all backgrounds. Add your voice to the mix!
• Participatory: It’s OKFestival attendees that make the event! You will run and wrangle sessions – work in groups, hack, discuss, debate – shaping the event and its outcomes.

OKFestival is a great opportunity for those who are completely new to the idea of the Open Movement to meet open movement makers, thinkers, activists, and researchers and for everyone to share  experiences, projects and ideas from around the world – and make plans for the future! If you’re interested in how to use open knowledge to better understand and improve our everyday lives, and to tackle local and global challenges, join us in Berlin.

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