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Engineers Without Borders
and the Philippines Department of Social Welfare
and Development Computer Livelihood Training
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Engineers Without Borders,
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The Computer Livelihood Training Project creates
positive change in the lives of Filipino youth,
empowers our partner and develops communities.
Together, Engineers Without Borders and the Philippines
Department of Social Welfare and Development implement
Computer Livelihood Training Centers to provide
opportunities for underprivileged youth. Three
characteristics make this project innovative: quality
impact, sustainability, and successful capacity
transfer. |
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In the last three years, Computer Livelihood
Training Centers have been implemented in 15 different
communities to train 1,500 youth per year. Results
from our first 866 graduates show that 24% of youth
find employment or return to school immediately
after graduation. Those who do not still benefit
from life skills education, increased self-confidence
and new social networks. |
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Because the project is low-cost – leveraging
Canadian equipment donations and over 100 volunteers,
each center has an operating cost of USD $200,
which is very affordable for our local partner.
Ownership is encouraged through networking with
local organizations and involving the youth in
center design. |
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Capacity transfer has been a focus of the project
throughout the past three years. The first phase
demonstrated the viability of a Computer Livelihood
Training Center to improve the lives of Filipino
youth. In the second phase, the project expanded
while developing the capacity of our local partner.
The final phase focuses on building the capacity
of our partner at the national level to minimize
foreign assistance. Through Computer Livelihood
Training, this innovative project is driving extraordinary
and sustainable change in the Philippines. |
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From Northern Village to
Global Village: Lessons in E-Health and E-Education
from the Arctic |
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Heather
E. Hudson, Professor & Director,
Telecommunications Management and Policy
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School of Business and
Management, University of San Francisco, California,
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This paper provides a case study of experiences
using ICTs for e-health and e-education among indigenous
people in the remote North, specifically in Alaska
and northern Canada. Alaska has been a pioneer
in eliminating distance barriers through telecommunications.
Alaska was the first remote region to use satellites
to provide reliable communications to its isolated
villages. An Alaskan telemedicine initiative called
AFHCAN now provides telehealth services to more
than 240 locations, two-thirds of which are village
clinics staffed by community health aides. All
Alaskan village schools are connected to the Internet,
most with broadband access by satellite. In northern
Canada, native communications organizations are
using ICTs to enable village youth to complete
high school courses at a distance, rather than
leaving the community to attend urban boarding
schools. They are also using ICTs to produce indigenous
cultural content and record material in native
languages, which is available through websites,
teleconferences, and audio- and video-streaming
over the Internet. This paper draws lessons from
the Alaskan and northern Canadian experience in
applying telecommunications for delivery of services
to remote villages. It presents examples of applications
of rural telecommunications for telemedicine, education,
government services and business. It also examines
policies in providing targeted subsidies and other
incentives that have facilitated these initiatives,
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Information Communication
Technologies for Development and Knowledge Sharing |
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David
J. Grimshaw, International
Team Leader, New Technologies |
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Surmaya
Talyarkhan, Knowledge
Sharing Adviser (former) |
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Intermediate Technology
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The Schumacher Centre for
Technology and Development |
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Warwickshire, United Kingdom |
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This paper builds on the findings of a two-year
research project conducted by ITDG and Cranfield
University into the use of information communication
technologies (ICTs) for development. The research
was managed as a Knowledge Transfer Partnership,
funded in part by the Department of Trade and Industry
in the UK. |
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The research aimed to answer the question “what
is best practice in connecting the first mile?” through
an analysis of the literature and a case study
based on practical experience of an ICT for development
project in Cajamarca, Peru. The main outcome of
the work was a best practice framework (Talyarkhan
et al 2005). The paper presented here builds on
that best practice framework by suggesting a best
practice model for using ICTs in development more
generally than the first mile and by utilizing
a best practice framework for realizing the value
of knowledge (Grimshaw et al 2000). |
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The literature to date has generally focussed
on developing best practice models from evidence
in particular sectors, for example youth or the
first mile. This paper synthesises these models
and suggests a way of looking at the success factors
for ICT and development projects, which is based
on a process approach. The process approaches to
ICT for development projects are examined in a
framework of four dimensions: best practice, pilot
studies, research, and integration (Grimshaw 2005). |
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The overall contribution of the paper is to suggest
an integrated strategy based on starting with the
development strategy and considering both an information
and technology strategy before embarking on ICT4D. |
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A Replicable and Low-cost
ICT Capacity Building and Support Model (eRiding
Experience from Selected Successful Cases Around
the Globe) |
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Toni
Eliasz, Executive
Director |
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Ungana-Africa, Pretoria,
South Africa |
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- provides an introduction into a low-cost ICT
capacity building and support model (eRiding),
- highlights some of the successful global cases (such as a project focusing
on community radio sector as well as a project with FLOSS emphasis), and
- explains necessary high-level steps how initiatives are able to replicate the
model in any parts of the world. |
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eRiding is a low-cost ICT capacity building and
support model for development networks or groups
of small organisations which share a sector focus
(e.g. telecentres), geographical scope (e.g. community
based organisations), or managing/funding body.
As a world-wide movement with growing representation
of more than 20 countries eRiders are one of the
largest global resources of ICT capacity building
for development organisations. For more information
regarding the global eRiders network see www.eriders.net. |
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Ungana-Afrika's is helping to incubate, implement,
and evaluate the activities of development community
technology programs (that are building the capacity
of development networks and organisations). These
programs empower development organisations to better
integrate ICTs as a strategic, mission focused,
tool. Ungana-Afrika is developing a set of toolkits
and process methodologies published under public
domain as well as provides value-added services
like training, workshops, project design, and impact
measurement. One of the main objectives of Ungana-Afrika
is an active international eRider network in the
future. Ungana-Afrika is a member of APC. |
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E-Learning Challenges and
Prospects in the Middle East |
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Sameen
Ahmed Khan, Lecturer
in Mathematics and Physics |
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Middle East College of
Information Technology (MECIT), Muscat,
Sultanate of Oman |
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Advances in information and communication technologies
(ICT), coupled with changes in society are creating
new paradigms for education and training. These
massive changes have tremendous impact on education
and training systems. The increasing rate of technological
changes in networking has opened up a new era in
distance education. The education sector in the
Middle East has now reached a level, where it has
to invest more in information technology solutions
to be able to cater to the needs of the growing
population. For an effective E-Learning experience
in the region, the status of the ICT needs to be
analyzed in depth. We examine the key factors including
the Internet Utilization and the Internet Infrastructure
in the Middle East. The scenario in the Middle
East is compared to the Internet trends in other
parts of the world. |
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Application of an Expert System for Enhanced
Oil Recovery (EOR) in Libya: A Case Study |
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Abdul-Rahman
Ali Almgadmi, Engineering
Faculty |
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Omar S. Abufayed, Engineering
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S.
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Al-Khomas University, Garaboli
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As per recent estimates the energy needs of the
world may be increase by a factor of 3.5% in the
coming 50 years. The present oil reserves are sufficient
for 35 ˆ 40 years, if there is no increase
in the consumption. The oil recovery by primary
and secondary production seldom exceeds 30% on
the average, the remaining oil can be recovered
by use of costly Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) method
which is a subset of Improved Oil Recovery (IOR).
When the oil prices are low, there is very little
incentive to invest in research and field testing
for developing such methods for a given reservoir.
Existing semi commercial EOR project are terminated
leading to a difficult situation when the oil reserves
deplete faster than their replacement through (IOR)
and (EOR). Considering that and when a field is
close to the economic limit, the oil companies
should have a clear and well developed program
for testing and developing (EOR) method using expert
systems in a time frame consistent with the future
oil production rates and expected depletion of
reserves. |
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The paper is designed to present an outline of
an Expert System in Libya with a view to resolve
the complex problem of depleting oil reserves.
A case study is presented to highlight role of
information and communication technology (ICT)
in Libyan situation to get the better value of
investment in EOR projects. |
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An Analysis of ICT and Capacity Building Among
Junior Workers in Selected Nigerian Universities: |
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Case Study of the University of Ibadan |
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Kester
Kehinde Oluwaseun, Lecturer |
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Adult Education Department |
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Olojede Adeshina Abideen, Doctoral
Candidate |
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Adult Education Department |
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This study will examine the correlational relationship
between ICT and the various capacity building programmes
put in place by the University of Ibadan. |
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Authority and funded by various International
Donor Agencies for the different categories of
Junior Workers within the University system. This
study being a correlational research will adopt
the use of expo-facto research design and will
make use of purposevely selected sample size of
the different category of junior workers in proportionate
size. A four point scale structued questionnaire
will be used as the major instrument for the purpose
of data collection for this study. |
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The inferential statistics of F-ratio and chi-square
would be used to test the research hypotheses that
would be stated for the purpose of this study at
0.05 alpha level. |
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In line with the above background, this study
will therefore attempt to discuss the trend and
pattern of the development, acquisition and utilisation
of ICT among the low level manpower (junior workers)
in Nigerian Universities in general and the University
of Ibadan in particular. |
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Internet Radio: a new challenge for discovering
cultural heritage of Europe |
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(Case Study: Heritage
Radio Network) |
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Panayiotis
Petropoulos |
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University of Luebeck,
Germany - International School of New Media,
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The purpose of this thesis is to examine the
potentiality of a new multimedia called Internet
Radio. |
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As case study shall be taken the HERMES project
with the aim to promote and to protect cultural
heritage through use of new multi media. By
having set up an Internet Radio, and contents coming
from editors and journalists of the different radio
stations in this new network, attention is drawn
to the diverse cultural heritages, activities and
events in Europe. From an evaluative viewpoint
the HERMES project examines as well how cultural
heritage can be considered as factor of regional
development, while in terms of the European dimension
the question exists whether the assumption holds
true that cultural heritages in Europe are the
sources for one common cultural identity linked
with European citizenship. Since an Internet Radio
aims to make this become conscious to everyone,
that then can be considered as the beginning of
a new media policy within digital culture. According
to Pierre Deason, the first coordinator of Heritage
Radio Network, the editorial policy can be viewed
as an attempt to open windows so that people can
look across borders to see what other cultural
heritages exist on the other side. Of interest
will be, therefore, whether use of such digital
media can give access to cultural heritages in
Europe. |
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ICT4D Stakeholder Co-ordination
and Co-operation: Evicences from a Tanzanian-German
Co-operation |
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MSC in Digital Media,
International School of New Media, Porto Alegre,
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This paper consists of an analysis on the influence
of perception, communication and content in coordination
and collaboration among stakeholders of digital
information and communication technologies for
development aid projects. The subject of the research
conducted is the “Connect and Learn” project,
which belongs to a Tanzanian-German co-operation
on the health sector. The researcher spent
two months in field, where a combination of methodologies
(both qualitative and quantitative) were applied
in data gathering, in an attempt to achieve greater
analysis accuracy of stakeholders behaviour and
at the same time the representativeness required
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Who is "developed" and who
is not? When "outsourcing" happens from "third"
to "first" world contexts |
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Radhika
Gajjala, Associate
Professor, Interpersonal Communication/Communication
Studies |
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Bowling Green State University |
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Annapurna Mamidipudi, Founding
Trustee |
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Dastkar Andhra, Hyderabad,
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In this paper, the two co-authors draw from
a classroom based experiment/exercise on outsourcing
web-design work from a “third-world” rural based
location to a “first-world” university location.
Students in a Midwestern U.S. university class
on computers and community were given an assignment
that required them to experience being offshore
web-designers for a handloom weaver located in
rural South India. One of the instructors is
a faculty member at a university in the Midwestern
University in USA and the other is an NGO worker
with direct access to the rural handloom weavers
and their communities. This exercise produced
insights regarding the practical process of offshore
work and the kinds of cross-cultural, cross-context
dialogue and negotiations that are necessary.
It is important to note that the U.S. Midwestern
University is located amidst farmlands and is
surrounded by U.S. rural areas which are extremely
different in terms of everyday practices in comparison
to rural areas/communities in South India. Further,
most of the students who participated in the
exercise did not know anything about computer
programming or website construction prior to
taking this course even though they were avid
world-wide-web consumers like most North American
college student populations. In this setting
as we examine the data we gathered from doing
this cross-context collaboration, the co-authors
of this article are compelled to ask questions
regarding “development” in relation to ICTs and
offshore work. Various issues and insights emerge,
which raise important questions concerning taken
for granted assumptions about the information
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An Open Source Ecosystem to
Address the Digital Divide Issue: A Malaysian
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Noor Ainin Raja Zainal, Leader,
Pervasive Computing Team, MIMOS |
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Sabariah Mohd Zin, Manager,
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Digital Divide is as much an issue in the
urban areas as in the rural areas. Various
factors identified include lack of infrastructure,
poor literacy, limited content and poverty.
An Open source Ecosystem may not be able to
address all these factors but it definitely
helps in resolving some of the main problems
related to these factors. Believing in this,
MIMOS has conducted some Open Source-based
projects. It is hoped that these efforts contribute
to an Open source Ecosystem that is favourable
to all walks of life in Malaysia. We put forward
here the experiences that are gained from these
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The Importance of the Rational
Organization in the Internet Portals |
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Gayane
Margaryan, Author,
Medical Portal (www.doctor.am) |
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Answering to the global challenges such
as: terrorism, poverty, epidemics depends on
effective system of social relations. Internet
is one such domain of social bonds and ties.
Internet portals take special place in the
virtual space, being information and communication
hubs, offering wide range of services to its
visitors. Let's look at the creation of data
bank which aggregate all the objects into one
set allowing to classify and search for different
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• people, • administrative-local units, • buildings, • services, • legal
acts, laws, • various info, • goods, techs. |
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At this point it becomes urgent to connect
many of the institutions and local-administrative
units to the internet with a high-speed infrastructure
such as fiber-optic. Only major backbone connections
are set-up between regions of Armenia. Still
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Another important task which can be solved
by rational organized Internet portal is to provide
regional skilled work-force with up-to-date information,
trainings and opportunities for social life.
This will ease flow of skilled specialists towards
regions, which stands in accordance with horizontal
hierarchy principle, whereas vertical hierarchy
is destructive for a state because the top of
hierarchy has only limited powers. |
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Creation of effective portal system includes
intercommunication and collaboration between
state and private sectors, with international
partners in order to build necessary infrastructure
and to strengthen IT aiming at health care, providing
medical services and education, information exchange
between health care professionals. |
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