Download or read book Philippine Experiences on Information and Communication Technology for Development ICT4D written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Impact of ICTs on Open and Distance Learning in a Developing Country Setting written by Melinda dela Pena-Bandalaria and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influence of the information and communication technologies (ICTs) in open and distance learning (ODL) in a developing country, the Philippines, is critically evaluated in this paper. Specifically, this paper examines how ICTs have influenced or shaped the development of ODL in this country. Also examined are the different stages or generations of distance education (DE) in the Philippines, which are characterized mainly by the dominant technology used for the delivery of instructional content and student support services. The different ICTs being used in ODL and their specific applications to the various facets of this mode of delivery are also described. Also included is an examination on how quality of education is ensured in a technology-driven system of teaching and learning, which includes, among others, the employment of the "quality circle approach" in the development of courses and learning packages, and the provision of appropriate technologies to perform academic processes and achieve institutional goals. Experiences of the various universities in the Philippines are also cited in this paper. Lessons have been drawn from the ODL experience to guide educators from other developing countries. [This article was published in the Regional Focus Issue: Changing Faces of Open and Distance Education in Asia.].

Download or read book Promoting Information and Communication Technology in ADB Operations written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid advances in information and communication technology (ICT) continue to create tremendous opportunities for economic and social gains in the world's poorest areas. A key infrastructure of knowledge-based economies. ICT is a driving force for rapidly growing new sectors. The Strategy 2020 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) reinforces the importance of drawing on ICT to enhance development in Asia and the Pacific. In line with Strategy 2020, ADB's 2013 ICT for Development Strategy and with the support of the Republic of Korea's e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund (EAKPF), this study examines and identifies opportunities for promoting ICT in ADB operations.

Download or read book Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2009 2010 written by Shahid Akhtar and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2009-06-03 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) in the Asia Pacific region.This fourth edition (2009-2010) features 30 economies and four sub-regional groupings. The chapters provide updated information on ICT infrastructure, industries, content and services, key programs, enabling policies and regulation, education and capacity building, open source, and research and development initiatives, as well as ICTD challenges in each of the economies covered. The common framework that underpins these reports allows readers to undertake a comparative analysis and assess progress across Asia Pacific.In addition, regional overviews provide a synthesis of ICTD trends, regulatory issues, and lessons for managing innovation in the network economy. The thematic chapters focus on issues in ICT in education, a key area in ICTD.The authors are drawn from government, academe, industry and civil society, providing a broad perspective on the use of ICTs for human development.

Download or read book Official Gazette written by Philippines and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Public ICT Center for Rural Development written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cybercafés play a key role in providing internet access to developing countries. This paper examines the challenges of internet connectivity in rural and remote areas and how cybercafés now serve as a model behind government efforts to set up telecenters to extend internet connectivity to rural communities. Find out why telecenters remain popular as highlighted in two case studies: a government run initiative in the Philippines and a public-private partnership in Sri Lanka.

Download or read book E Governance and Social Inclusion Concepts and Cases written by Baum, Scott and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2014-05-31 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The application of e-government technologies has led to increased public participation and social inclusion, while allowing for greater government transparency. These technologies provide accessibility to online content and services while offering the public an active voice in governmental issues. E-Governance and Social Inclusion: Concepts and Cases presents current and emerging research about the implementation of technology in government and its broad social implications. This handbook aims to be a comprehensive reference publication for academicians, researchers, practitioners, students, and managers with an interest in e-government content and the ability for the public to access and utilize this technology.

Download or read book Cross National Information and Communication Technology Policies and Practices in Education written by Tjeerd Plomp and published by IAP. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compendium of papers documents educational ICT policies and practices in 37 countries, making it a valuable resource for understanding and comparing ICT-related national policy developments in education. We believe that this work offers a unique in-depth examination of the trends within major education systems and how they have adapted to and taken advantage of the challenges and opportunities posed by the new information and communication technologies. A special feature of this edition is that it allows for interesting comparative analyses of sub-groups of countries, as many Asian, European Union, and former eastern-European countries, as well as the United States and Canada (among others), are included in the book. But it allows also for other than regional comparisons given that a number of newly industrialized countries (such as Brazil, Chile, Malaysia, and South Africa) are represented in this book, together with many OECD countries. This book is the result of the effort and hard work of the contributing authors, many of whom are the NRCs for IEA SITES in their respective countries. Special thanks must go to the Norwegian Royal Ministry of Education and Research and the Netherlands Kennisnet ICT OP School Foundation, both of which provided generous support for the preparation and dissemination of the book, to the Center for Information Technology in Education (CITE) of the University of Hong Kong, which assisted in the technical preparation of the manuscript, and to the IEA Secretariat, which facilitated the copyediting of the chapters. We want to acknowledge especially the professional contribution of Paula Wagemaker, who has copyedited the entire volume. This copyediting work is especially critical and challenging, as many of the chapters were written by authors for whom English is a foreign language. We also want to express our appreciation to David Robitaille, chair of the IEA Publications and Editorial Committee, and his committee for the critical and constructive review of the manuscript.

Download or read book Pilipinas written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Reader on Information Communication Technology Planning for Development written by Philippines. Unesco National Commission of the Philippines and published by [Manila, Philippines] : Katha Publishing Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sharpening Education Through the Use of Information and Communications Technology ICT Status of ICT in the Philippines written by Nino Crisolo and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pre-University Paper from the year 2018 in the subject Pedagogy - Miscellaneous Topics, grade: Not Applicable, language: English, abstract: ICT creates a significant role in the development of any country. Great opportunities easily come along to anyone apt in this field. Thus, it is important for a nation to produce ICT literate citizens who will build the infrastructure required to survive in this digitally-age of society. In response to this demand, the Department of Education is continuously introducing ICT into its system. The Philippine government is also making all possibilities to provide technological advancement to its people. Remote places across the region are being reached to make sure that no Island is being left behind when it comes to technology. As the Philippine education embraces the technology, students are no longer solely relying on hard text for learning. Through DepEd, funded by the government and other partner institutions, learning processes are now transformed digitally. Now, students have access to thousands of learning materials uploaded in the DepEd - managed Online Learning Portal. This undertaking was strengthened by the creation of the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT), an executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the planning, development, and promotion of the country's ICT agenda in support to national development. Despite all of these efforts, the government through DepEd is still facing the biggest challenge in keeping innovative education in this quickly changing world.

Download or read book Making ICT Initiatives More Relevant written by Jaime A. Manalo and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a tendency for participation to be sidetracked in the highly infrastructure-centric discourse on information and communication technology for development (ICT4D). For some time, views anchored on technological determinism have dominated the discourse. Technology has been viewed as a “magic wand” that will serve as the answer to most development concerns. The discourse, however, has evolved as many ICT4D scholars have pushed for the social dimension of ICTs. It has been argued that if ICTs were to create significant impacts on the lives of the poor and the marginalised, ICT applications must stem from the identified needs of the community, and not just on the “global need” to modernize (Mansell, 2006). Heeks and Molla (2009) argue the interest on ICT4D studies has already shifted from readiness to impact. Readiness refers to the availability of the necessary ICT infrastructure to support ICT initiatives, while impacts focus on the value-added or the development contributions of ICTs (Heeks and Molla, 2009). All this is rooted from the growing discussion on the need to capture the development impact of multi-million dollar investments on ICT projects. We will argue in this paper that participation especially of the primary stakeholders in ICT projects is imperative if ICTs are to create significant impacts in their lives. Genuine participation, not tokenistic, will allow spaces for participation of the members of the community, which will result in more relevant ICT initiatives. It is hoped that by meticulously executing participatory mechanisms, pseudo-participation, which is unwittingly entrenched in many development projects worldwide, can be avoided. Pseudo-participatory mechanisms are rampant such that scholars have called for investigation of projects that purport to be participatory (Thomas, 2006). In this paper, we will proceed by first presenting the findings of the two research studies on ICT4D in Philippine agriculture commissioned by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice). We will use these studies as take off points for the justification of the participatory mechanisms that we will forward in this paper. The studies, both national in scope, could lend methodological recommendations to assessing ICT for agriculture initiatives. To further strengthen our proposal, we will likewise present some ICT4D experiences from other countries that tried to employ the participatory approach. We attribute to a significant extent our appreciation of participatory communication to the works of Bessette (2004), Mefalopulos (2008) and Tufte (2009). We will also present some ways on how to make ICTs inclusive.

Download or read book Libraries Telecentres Cybercafes and Public Access to ICT International Comparisons written by Gomez, Ricardo and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2011-07-31 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public venues are vital to information access across the globe, yet few formal studies exist of the complex ways people in developing countries use information technologies in public access places.Libraries, Telecentres, Cybercafes and Public Access to ICT: International Comparisons presents groundbreaking research on the new challenges and opportunities faced by public libraries, community telecentres, and cybercafés that offer public access to computers and other information and communication technologies. Written in plain language, the book presents an in-depth analysis of the spaces that serve underserved populations, bridge "digital divides," and further social and economic development objectives, including employability. With examples and experiences from around the world, this book sheds light on a surprising and understudied facet of the digital revolution at a time when effective digital inclusion strategies are needed more than ever.

Download or read book New Technologies in Developing Societies written by L. Obijiofor and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New technologies may have transformed human societies, but not much has been written on how they are impacting people in Africa and other developing regions, in terms of how they use technology to enhance their socioeconomic conditions in everyday life. This book critically examines these issues from theoretical, practical and policy perspectives.

Download or read book Government at a Glance Southeast Asia 2019 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government at a Glance Southeast Asia 2019 is the first edition in the Government at a Glance series for the region. It provides the latest available data on public administrations in the 10 ASEAN member countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.

Download or read book Sustainability and Sustainable Development written by Lisa Benton-Short and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-02-23 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The challenge in teaching an introductory course on sustainability is there are many ways to teach it, and many issues to cover. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals offer a cohesive and interconnected set of topics to help address this problem – indeed the SDGs are now the guiding framework for planning and implementing sustainability through 2030. They are the focus of international development efforts, and the lingua franca of sustainability as a field of study, the international consensus on “what is sustainability?” As such, the UN SDGs present an ideal framework for an introductory level textbook because taken together, they integrate the “Three Es”—environment, economic development, and equity—that are the core definition of sustainability. This book introduces students to sustainability structured around the 17 UN SDGs. Through a global perspective, with attention given equally to how sustainability challenges the highest income countries of the Global North, as well as to the moderate- and low-income countries of the Global South, Benton-Short synthesizes basic environmental science, policy, and interdisciplinary perspectives while investigating key challenges to developing a more sustainable future through the SDG framework. Readers will easily tackle this complex set of topics through an accessible writing style, comprehensive scholarship, and diverse perspectives. Guided by a lush art program, complete with numerous maps, figures, and photos to enliven the presentation, students will develop a greater understanding of the important trends in sustainability in the twenty-first century. The broad arguments highlighted through numerous case studies and boxes prepare global citizens to grapple with the environmental, social, economic, and political challenges that face our collective future. Features of this exciting, brand-new text include: Chapter opening learning objectives to guide students’ course goals Helpful study aids such as key terms—bolded in the text and compiled both at the end of each chapter and in a comprehensive glossary End-of-chapter questions for discussion and activities to promote active learning A stunning art program, with detailed maps, figures, tables, and photos, to engage students as visual learners Critical Perspectives and Expert Voice boxes to present the diverse perspectives in sustainability Interconnections boxes to help students tie together ideas across the issues Key Terms and Concepts and Understanding the Issue boxes to go in-depth on important topics Making Progress and Solutions boxes that show students hopeful trends toward seemingly intractable problems SDGs and the Law boxes that provide a legal and governance context.

Download or read book K AgriNet Compendium of Good Practices written by Development Academy of the Philippines and published by Development Academy of the Philippines. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The program Knowledge Networking Towards Enterprising Agricultural Communities or simply the K-AgriNet program, is a strategic approach to modernize the agriculture sector and accelerate rural development by bridging the digital divide. The program was funded by the e-Government Fund of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) and a collaboration of four institutional players in the agriculture sector