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> From: Sunil Garg <sunil at sunilgarg.com> > Date: September 28, 2010 3:22:38 PM EDT > To: sunilgarg at gatech.edu > Subject: Fwd: Invitation for ICT Conference in New Delhi > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Abul Hasim <abul at cis-india.org> > Date: Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 2:57 AM > Subject: Invitation for ICT Conference in New Delhi > To: Sunil Garg <sunil at sunilgarg.com> > > > . > Dear Sunil Garg, > > International Conference on Enabling Access to Education through ICT > > Background: > > Children with disabilities in India are often left out of mainstream schools > due to a variety of reasons, primarily the lack of awareness amongst > educational organizations and teachers, near absence of infrastructural > resources and lack of training in this regard. It is believed that barely two > per cent of the 70 million disabled persons have access to education in > India. Unless we take special efforts to remedy this situation by equipping > teachers, educational institutions and the entire social infrastructure to > adopt innovative, cost effective and technology based resources such as > assistive technologies, ubiquitous Web, multiple platforms, social networks, > online libraries and digital resources, etc. to enable access to education > for disabled children, they will continue to remain excluded from social > participation. > > Join the Discussion! > > The conference will focus on highlighting existing policy and practical > barriers for students and educational institutions in developing countries, > showcase ICT based solutions which are presently being adopted in different > countries, point to existing knowledge resources and emerging trends in > education. The conference will look at the various technologies, tools and > practices that are necessary to bring education within the reach of all > persons with disabilities as a step towards achieving inclusive education in > India. This includes education at all levels - primary, secondary and higher > education as well as distance and online education. > > The format of the conference is highly engaging and is designed to enable the > attendees to explore the challenges and opportunities while equipping them > with the tools needed to implement ICT solutions within their organizations. > > The expected outcomes from this conference are: > > Create awareness amongst educators, policy makers and disability organizations > Understand challenges and explore solutions > Evolve a set of recommendations for educators on best practices > Publish a White Paper which will provide a set of recommendations for policy > makers on inclusive education. > Create a case study database of best practices on the use of ICTs in > education for persons with disabilities. > > Dates: 27 to 29 October 2010 > Venue: Magnolia Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi > > The Organisers: > > Centre for Internet and Society > > The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICT (G3Ict) > > UNESCO > > ITU > > WIPO > > Daisy Consortium > > Digital Empowerment Foundation > > Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment > > The Deaf Way Foundation > > Event sponsor: > > The Hans Foundation > > Target audience: > > Educators, mainstream and special schools, colleges, universities, disability > organisations, policy makers, libraries, technology developers and other > persons and organisations working in this area. > > For further details, visit www.edict2010.in > > Please register immediately on line athttp://edict2010.in/register-online/, > or download and complete the registration form and mail it tonirmita at > cis-india.org. > > > With best wishes > Prasad > Publications Manager > Centre for Internet and Society > Ph: 080-40926283 > > > Unsubscribe > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/private/change/attachments/20100928/a96b4684/attachment.html>
