Re: [DDN] The future of DDN
Rather than use a wiki which can be clumsy, why not ry a ning - separate communities and multiple duscussions can occur - can also be invite only. www.ning.com :) BC Vice President, Advocacy Promotion, IASL: www.iasl-online.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.chs.ecu.edu.au/portals/LIS/index.php Transforming Information and Learning Conference http://conferences.scis.ecu.edu.au/TILC2007/ Barbara Combes, Lecturer School of Computer and Information Science Edith Cowan University, Perth Western Australia Ph: (08) 9370 6072 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation. Walter Cronkite This email is confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify me immediately by return email or telephone and destroy the original message. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claude Almansi Sent: Saturday, 11 October 2008 5:44 PM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] The future of DDN Hi All, I am answering on the mailing-list (with Bcc to Adam Clare and Taran Rampersad) rather than on the wiki because today I have a problem with logging in at the wiki (1). About: ...To make the site easier to manage we propose the removal of the communities functionality and discussion boards of DDN and replacing the categorization system with tagging. DDN's strength lies in the active mailing list and TIG realizes that the mailing list isn't perfect. In an ideal setup the mailing list will also be accessed online and have greater stability. Online communities encourage discussions between users in more than one place, right now that discussion happens on the mailing list for DDN and less so on the website. To encourage more discussions we would like to implement commenting on most DDN content. ... (in http://wiki.digitaldivide.net/index.php?title=The_future_of_DDN) - Removal ot the communities and discussion boards: I agree; at first, each community had its own discussion board, but this stopped (around 2005?), which meant that there could be no diaogue within the communities. Anyway, even with that first set-up, there was little dialogue in community discussion boards and in discussion boards in general. - Mailing list: the archive is actually accessible online, but I'm not sure it's really necessary to be able to post to it from the web. However, until August 2006, the mailing-list archive had an RSS feed through which the last messages were automatically shown bottom right of the site in the Featured RSS feeds (2). That was a useful feature: would it be possible to have it again? For instance by using a yahoo or a google discussion list that have RSS feeds? - Making content taggable and discussable: great idea but in this case, would it not be simpler and cheaper to move rather than revamp? I'm thinking of Ning.com, where Steve Hargadon set up http://www.classroom20.com. And then he convinced the Ning administrators to make a special, ad-less, free offer for educators and provide a network for them, http://education.ning.com/ . One problem might be back-ups, though. Re Taran Rampersad's addition to http://wiki.digitaldivide.net/index.php?title=The_future_of_DDN : The Membership level is certainly worthwhile and is one that shows promise, since DDN membership probably would be tax deductible, though that needs to be clarified. While that is sufficient given enough buy-in from the community, I'd also suggest continued monetization of content through Google Ads (such as those found on email list archives) and Amazon advertising. Further comments for funding would probably require a prerequisite of what TIG has already tried to do such that we can avoid repeating things I agree. Moreover, how could the payments be made? Some members may not have a credit card. Best Claude Almansi (1) Yesterday evening I was automatically logged in at the http://wiki.digitaldivide.net wiki, presumably because I was logged in at the www.digitaldivide.net main site, and even able to add some things on the resource page of the wiki. Today I am logged in at the main site, but not at the wiki. The URL of the log-in link at the top right of the wiki pages is http://www.digitaldivide.net/includes/error.php?pushpath=http%3A%2F%2Fw iki.digitaldivide.net%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DThe_future_of_DDN which a) is on the main site where I am already logged in; b) has a message that says: Error, you must login to access this page. ; c) nevertheless also has login ID and password boxes, but they don't work. If I try to edit a page, say by opening http://wiki.digitaldivide.net/index.php?title=Main_Pageaction=edit, the page says Login required to edit, with a link to the Log
Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC
Hi All, A major aspect missing in the elearning environment that cannot be simulated is the teacher-learner dynamic. For some subjects especially highly technical ones such as computer programming - this is a real issue - Yuwanuch Gulatee's DIT research is on this topic. What needs to be a major component of this discussion is the recognition that elearning is a completely new paradigm, not the same as face-to-face and not an alternative. When this happens we will be able to move forward and introduce new learning frameworks and structures that cater for students in the different environment. Currently, we are trying to re-invent the old model. This about-face also means new ways of assessing learning, different learning resource formats and delivery modes. It also means some research into Human Computer Interaction, the types of skills required to interrogate learning materials on the screen and an individual's emotional response to learning in what is a very isolating environment - largely unexplored in any great detail. An observation from my own PhD research in this area - students use the cursor as a line of sight guide to read text on screen and everyone is still printing. Are we there yet? No - I don't think so. :) BC Vice President, Advocacy Promotion, IASL: www.iasl-online.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.chs.ecu.edu.au/portals/LIS/index.php Transforming Information and Learning Conference http://conferences.scis.ecu.edu.au/TILC2007/ Barbara Combes, Lecturer School of Computer and Information Science Edith Cowan University, Perth Western Australia Ph: (08) 9370 6072 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation. Walter Cronkite This email is confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify me immediately by return email or telephone and destroy the original message. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Catherine Arden Sent: Monday, 6 October 2008 7:07 AM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC Hi Tom I agree that the sage on the stage in the brick space structure is an outdated model of education that perhaps has more to do with maintaining power and control than teaching and learningHowever, there are nonetheless real challenges working within our new paradigm. For instance, how do we value knowledge? How do we teach 'instrumental' skills such as literacy and numeracy effectively and how do we know they are learned? How do we recognise scholarly achievement? How do we 'transmit' cultural values? Are these questions really still about hegemony and fear of losing control or do we need to have some way of controlling education if we are to further our human development and not find ourselves wallowing in a sea of pseudo? Catherine Arden - Original Message - From: tom abeles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 1:36 AM Subject: Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC this conversation in several variances is being considered currently elsewhere on the net, particularly around the issue of virtual worlds Steve's example is right on target. academics hold the center stage because they control the grades/certification which provide for student advancement. That is the one unique product that universities, in click or brick space have to offer. And it is the one reason in the dominant US model that get's student attention for the sage on the stage What business has found out, as have many others, is that social networks (those articles that Steve cites as examples) allow knowledge to be gained in entirely different and collaborative fashion, a fashion that academics might call cheating or disrespectful of the sage. While, Mark is right, that these technologies will find a place in The Academy, they are, almost more importantly, a mirror for the educational system which passively makes the point that Steve so eloquently made. The brick space structure with the sage is a vestigial manifestation of the good old days, going back to pre-print where knowledge was transmitted by those who had the information stored in their heads or had access to the very few collections of knowledge such as the libraries of Alexandria. Even pre-internet, social networking provided ways for gaining critical information. What ICT's show us is that we now have many more and much more to access, perhaps more than a single sage on the stage can offer, except where it has been packaged for delivery in nice 3-credit experiences and vetted by a mid-term and a final for
Re: [DDN] The future of DDN
Sadly the wiki has been hacked by porn purveyors. It must be addressed immediately. Who to contact? I cannot see the reason for a wiki as a focus for DDN discussion. Maybe that was not the intention. Wikis are for collaborative development of documents. Email is a much more accessible channel for discussion than web-based services. I suggest that TIG has an interest in driving discussion to the (its) website, that is not solely about improving discussion. Yes, archive of mail lists should be on the website. Yes there should be discussion on the website, but email is powerful, accessible, active. The site will be weakened, in my opinion, if the community structure is lost. If the community structure is replaced by a tagging system, people will not know where to contribute. Keep communities. Add tagging for cross referencing and serendiptous discovery. Make sure there is a digest of on-site discussion that is sent by email to list subscribers. George On 11 Oct 2008, at 10:43, Claude Almansi wrote: Hi All, I am answering on the mailing-list (with Bcc to Adam Clare and Taran Rampersad) rather than on the wiki because today I have a problem with logging in at the wiki (1). About: ...To make the site easier to manage we propose the removal of the communities functionality and discussion boards of DDN and replacing the categorization system with tagging. DDN's strength lies in the active mailing list and TIG realizes that the mailing list isn't perfect. In an ideal setup the mailing list will also be accessed online and have greater stability. Online communities encourage discussions between users in more than one place, right now that discussion happens on the mailing list for DDN and less so on the website. To encourage more discussions we would like to implement commenting on most DDN content. ... (in http://wiki.digitaldivide.net/index.php?title=The_future_of_DDN) - Removal ot the communities and discussion boards: I agree; at first, each community had its own discussion board, but this stopped (around 2005?), which meant that there could be no diaogue within the communities. Anyway, even with that first set-up, there was little dialogue in community discussion boards and in discussion boards in general. - Mailing list: the archive is actually accessible online, but I'm not sure it's really necessary to be able to post to it from the web. However, until August 2006, the mailing-list archive had an RSS feed through which the last messages were automatically shown bottom right of the site in the Featured RSS feeds (2). That was a useful feature: would it be possible to have it again? For instance by using a yahoo or a google discussion list that have RSS feeds? - Making content taggable and discussable: great idea but in this case, would it not be simpler and cheaper to move rather than revamp? I'm thinking of Ning.com, where Steve Hargadon set up http://www.classroom20.com. And then he convinced the Ning administrators to make a special, ad-less, free offer for educators and provide a network for them, http://education.ning.com/ . One problem might be back-ups, though. Re Taran Rampersad's addition to http://wiki.digitaldivide.net/index.php?title=The_future_of_DDN : The Membership level is certainly worthwhile and is one that shows promise, since DDN membership probably would be tax deductible, though that needs to be clarified. While that is sufficient given enough buy-in from the community, I'd also suggest continued monetization of content through Google Ads (such as those found on email list archives) and Amazon advertising. Further comments for funding would probably require a prerequisite of what TIG has already tried to do such that we can avoid repeating things I agree. Moreover, how could the payments be made? Some members may not have a credit card. Best Claude Almansi (1) Yesterday evening I was automatically logged in at the http://wiki.digitaldivide.net wiki, presumably because I was logged in at the www.digitaldivide.net main site, and even able to add some things on the resource page of the wiki. Today I am logged in at the main site, but not at the wiki. The URL of the log-in link at the top right of the wiki pages is http://www.digitaldivide.net/includes/error.php?pushpath=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.digitaldivide.net%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DThe_future_of_DDN which a) is on the main site where I am already logged in; b) has a message that says: Error, you must login to access this page. ; c) nevertheless also has login ID and password boxes, but they don't work. If I try to edit a page, say by opening http://wiki.digitaldivide.net/index.php?title=Main_Pageaction=edit, the page says Login required to edit, with a link to the Log in / create account http://wiki.digitaldivide.net/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin page, which a) doesn't have a create account option; b) refuses my main site
[DDN] MobileActive08 Summit Starts in Johannesburg
The MobileActive08 Summit started in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Monday, 13 October 2008. The theme of the event is Unlocking the Potential of Mobile Technology for Social Impact. More than 350 participants from over 40 countries attended the first day of the event. To follow the proceedings online, refer to http://www.mobileactive08.org. - David Barnard Executive Director Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) Tel: (011) 403-4935 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.sangonet.org.za Linking civil society through ICTs ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Digital divide in emergent countries
You should consult http://www.globaliswatch.org/ that can give you a very good feedback and statistics on many countries. On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 9:48 PM, wright sade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am doing a research on the above named topic and I am required to do a case study between Nigeria and Brazil. I will like to ask if anyone has any kind of data, statistics or any information that may be of a huge help on the topic. I have searched the Internet, but I am not satisfied with the things I found. Can anyone be of help please? Thanks. Sade. Make the switch to the world's best email. Get Yahoo!7 Mail! http://au.yahoo.com/y7mail ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- Regards. -- Fouad Bajwa ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC
Its a very interesting discussion that may find a definitive answer rather elusive.. Going by some more recent experience, at least having forgotten the warts of my own schooling the way they may have seemed then, I am glad to share the experience of my more recent encounters with early schooling, call it primary, secondary etc..or whatever works.. The students who are able to use the net, particularly wikipedia, find that their teachers are living in another era in terms of expression, what they reward and the guidelines they follow.. that creates a conflict between the two worlds children live in and feel helpless at the hands of their teacher who they perceive more as a tormentor.. This is more true of over-achievers than the rest.. but the feeling seems more generalized.. The over-achieving students while doing well still find the method of teaching a huge pain, a burden rather than an aide.. They can learn a lot better with more flexible style, curriculum etc if they need to go for learning learning, even more so in the context of using OLPC, with rather suggestive monitoring rather than imposition and knowledge being thrust upon them.. Technologies have made it possible for students to learn 100% of what they need to rather than depending on a selective knowledge to be certified having graduated.. We do not seem to have begun using them.. On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Catherine Arden [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi Tom -- Satish Jha President CEO OLPC India One Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA 02142 T: 301 841 7422 F:301560 4909 www.laptop.org __ http://www.linkedin.com/myprofile?trk=tab_pro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satish_Jha ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] WSA: ICT DIGITAL CONTENT FOR DEVELOPMENT, MANTHAN AWARDS IN INDIA
My sincere apologies to the organisers of the Manthan Awards. Please find below the correct Background Information on the Manthan Award as well as the Digital Empowerment Foundation: Manthan Award (http://www.manthanaward.org)is a first of its kind initiative in India to recognize the best practices in e-Content and Creativity. It was launched on 10th October '2004, by Digital Empowerment Foundation in partnership with World Summit Award and American India Foundation. Since then it has come to define the very best in e-Content for development arena in India. Now, after four immensely successful years of holding it within India, the organisers have felt that it's about time it is expanded a bit and its areas of operation now is all of SAARC countries namely India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan Afghanistan. So nominations are welcome from all of SAARC countries. Welcome aboard the Local journey called Manthan. Welcome one, welcome all. Digital Empowerment Foundation, a Delhi based not-for-profit organization was registered on December 2002, under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 to find solutions to bridge the digital divide. With no political affiliations, it was founded by Osama Manzar to uplift the downtrodden and to create economic and commercial viability using Information Communication and Technology as means. It was actively started in the year 2003 after the founder director left his software company to seriously pursue the aims and objectives of Digital Empowerment Foundation. -- Best regards, Karin Gilberd Event Community Manager World Summit Award ICNM - International Center for New Media Moosstrasse 43a A-5020 Salzburg, Austria Tel: +43.662.630408-43 Fax: +43.662.630408-22 Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information: www.wsis-award.org please consider the environment before printing this email! ---www.icnm.net---ZVR-Zahl 361985748--- Karin Gilberd schrieb: Salzburg/New Delhi, October 8, 2008 – The Digital Empowerment Foundation and the World Summit Award are organising together with the Center for e-Governance the South Asia Conclave on ICT Digital Content for Development as part of efforts to strengthen the Digital Content Movement in the countries of the region. The prime objective of this initiative is to promote quality contents as an essential element in the creation of a quality information society and to address the widening digital divides and strategies to bridge the content gap between the North and the South. South Asian countries play a critical role in advancing the Digital Content Movement thanks to the strong economic growth of the last years and the high levels of technical education and creativity among multimedia and internet professionals, companies and NGOs. Yet, as the biannual global contests of the World Summit Award have shown in 2003, 2005 and 2007, the potential is not fully used. Rather, South Asian countries remain underrepresented among the winners of the World Summit Award. Thus, the strategic direction of WSA is to strengthen the digital content industries and the creative development in the region by holding national contests in all countries and partnering with leading organisations such as the Digital Empowerment Foundation for conducting workshops, conferences and Global Digital Content Summits. WSA’s plan up to 2015 foresees a myriad of innovative content in fixed line and mobile Internet applications. WSA takes great pride at leading this vision thanks to the cooperation with the MANTHAN Award! BACKGROUNDER Boilerplate: The World Summit Award (WSA) was started in 2003 as part of the UN’s World Summit on the Information Society. It is a global initiative to select and promote the world’s best e-Content and innovative ICT applications; to date 168 countries are actively involved. Through national contests and a global jury process, WSA demonstrates the local diversity and rich creativity of ICT use. WSA is a global hub for everyone who values the crucial importance of local content to make today’s information society more inclusive. http://www.wsis-award.org Manthan-AIF Award is a first of its kind initiative in India to recognize the best practices in e-Content and Creativity. It www.manthanaward.org was launched on 10th October 2004, by Digital Empowerment Foundation in partnership with World Summit Award and American India Foundation. The Manthan-AIF Award winners are awarded in a one day Manthan-AIF Award gala cum conference on e-Content and Sustainability. The Conference cum award gala is attended by people from different regions and background and represented various States across the length and breadth of the country. Emphasizing on the importance of e-Content Creativity for and by the grassroots people, the Manthan Award 2005 recognized and awarded
Re: [DDN] Digital divide in emergent countries
Dear Wrigth Sade, I am brazilian researcher in the field of digital inclusion and I work for the National Reference Center of Digital Inclusion (CENRID - Ibict - Ministry of Science and Technology in Brazil) . You can find information in our website http://inclusao.ibict.br I also have a hobbie to select scientific literature in portuguese and english in digital format of digital inclusion in m country (scientific information, governamental reports and important websites and etc.). Sorry but it is in portuguese, but I will try to translate to English my virtual library as soon as possible. But if you can read in portuguese you will find a lot of material in the section Inclusão Digital (digital divide in portuguese). My website Micromundos Library is located at: http://bibliotecamicromundos.com My work as digital inclusion researcher in CENRID is to select scientific information of digital inclusion, and informations of researchers and groups of research. The most important brazilian report of this year is: Survey on the use of information and communication technologies in Brazil 2007 from CGI at: http://www.cetic.br/tic/2007/indicadores-cgibr-2007.pdf There is a lot os statistic data internet conections and use of Internet by brazilians and they follow the international indicators. Take a look of CGI website at http://www.cgi.br/internacional/index.htm You can also find the historical series of the CGI report at http://www.cgi.br/publicacoes/index.htm You can also take a look at National Digital Library of Master's Dissertions and Thesis of Brazil ( It's is the most important brazilian digital libraryl). BDTD is a service of Ibict and it is located at http://bdtd.ibict.br/ Another important scientific databases is Diretório de Grupos de Pesquisa no Brasil ( CNPq - Ministry of Science and Technology). You can find this scientific databases at http://dgp.cnpq.br/buscaoperacional/ One of the jobs that I make as researcher in Ibict is to select and organize scientific information and find researchers and groups of research in the universities of Brazil in the field of digital inclusion. Just tell me the focus of your research in digital inclusion, that I can help you to find more specific informations. Feel frre to send a message to me in private, because that is my job. Best regards, Ana Maria Albuquerque. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ana Maria Moraes de Albuquerque Lima http://br.geocities.com/bibliotecamicromundos --- Em ter, 7/10/08, wright sade [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: De: wright sade [EMAIL PROTECTED] Assunto: [DDN] Digital divide in emergent countries Para: DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net Data: Terça-feira, 7 de Outubro de 2008, 13:48 Hello, I am doing a research on the above named topic and I am required to do a case study between Nigeria and Brazil. I will like to ask if anyone has any kind of data, statistics or any information that may be of a huge help on the topic. I have searched the Internet, but I am not satisfied with the things I found. Can anyone be of help please? Thanks. Sade. Make the switch to the world#39;s best email. Get Yahoo!7 Mail! http://au.yahoo.com/y7mail ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. Novos endereços, o Yahoo! que você conhece. Crie um email novo com a sua cara @ymail.com ou @rocketmail.com. http://br.new.mail.yahoo.com/addresses ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] The future of DDN
Wiki is a good idea ... but I still think mailing list is a lot more VISIBLE. I have clean forgotten about THE Future of DDN until this mail. Yes. I agree DDN should look into methods of payment. Perhaps some thoughts on the following two items? 1) there should be perhaps free memberships for students for example. 2) As some of us at DDN have mentioned again and again during the debate on $100 for a One-child-per-laptop etc. etc. ... perhaps we might want to look at what is $100 to some in certain part of the world? Cindy = [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- On Sat, 11/10/08, Claude Almansi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Claude Almansi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DDN] The future of DDN To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net Date: Saturday, 11 October, 2008, 11:43 AM Hi All, I am answering on the mailing-list (with Bcc to Adam Clare and Taran Rampersad) rather than on the wiki because today I have a problem with logging in at the wiki (1). About: ...To make the site easier to manage we propose the removal of the communities functionality and discussion boards of DDN and replacing the categorization system with tagging. DDN's strength lies in the active mailing list and TIG realizes that the mailing list isn't perfect. In an ideal setup the mailing list will also be accessed online and have greater stability. Online communities encourage discussions between users in more than one place, right now that discussion happens on the mailing list for DDN and less so on the website. To encourage more discussions we would like to implement commenting on most DDN content. ... (in http://wiki.digitaldivide.net/index.php?title=The_future_of_DDN) - Removal ot the communities and discussion boards: I agree; at first, each community had its own discussion board, but this stopped (around 2005?), which meant that there could be no diaogue within the communities. Anyway, even with that first set-up, there was little dialogue in community discussion boards and in discussion boards in general. - Mailing list: the archive is actually accessible online, but I'm not sure it's really necessary to be able to post to it from the web. However, until August 2006, the mailing-list archive had an RSS feed through which the last messages were automatically shown bottom right of the site in the Featured RSS feeds (2). That was a useful feature: would it be possible to have it again? For instance by using a yahoo or a google discussion list that have RSS feeds? - Making content taggable and discussable: great idea but in this case, would it not be simpler and cheaper to move rather than revamp? I'm thinking of Ning.com, where Steve Hargadon set up http://www.classroom20.com. And then he convinced the Ning administrators to make a special, ad-less, free offer for educators and provide a network for them, http://education.ning.com/ . One problem might be back-ups, though. Re Taran Rampersad's addition to http://wiki.digitaldivide.net/index.php?title=The_future_of_DDN : The Membership level is certainly worthwhile and is one that shows promise, since DDN membership probably would be tax deductible, though that needs to be clarified. While that is sufficient given enough buy-in from the community, I'd also suggest continued monetization of content through Google Ads (such as those found on email list archives) and Amazon advertising. Further comments for funding would probably require a prerequisite of what TIG has already tried to do such that we can avoid repeating things I agree. Moreover, how could the payments be made? Some members may not have a credit card. Best Claude Almansi (1) Yesterday evening I was automatically logged in at the http://wiki.digitaldivide.net wiki, presumably because I was logged in at the www.digitaldivide.net main site, and even able to add some things on the resource page of the wiki. Today I am logged in at the main site, but not at the wiki. The URL of the log-in link at the top right of the wiki pages is http://www.digitaldivide.net/includes/error.php?pushpath=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.digitaldivide.net%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DThe_future_of_DDN which a) is on the main site where I am already logged in; b) has a message that says: Error, you must login to access this page. ; c) nevertheless also has login ID and password boxes, but they don't work. If I try to edit a page, say by opening http://wiki.digitaldivide.net/index.php?title=Main_Pageaction=edit, the page says Login required to edit, with a link to the Log in / create account http://wiki.digitaldivide.net/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin page, which a) doesn't have a create account option; b) refuses my main site login data (2) The last recorded instance (Aug. 4, 2006) of the set-up with Featured RSS feed at the Internet Archive is http://web.archive.org/web/20060804125420/http://digitaldivide.net/). On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 9:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi DDN members! (...)
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[DDN] Fwd: [pakistanictpolicy] IPs being blocked again!
The following message is a recent pledge from the Pakistani IT Industry and ICT for Development Communities about a recent step by the national telecom regulatory authority - Pakistan Telecommunications Authority PTA that bans use of VoIP and basic services such as Skype etc. This is a blow to an booming industry of developing country that has reached 2.8 Billion dollars in revenue, including annual exports exceeding $1.4 billion, Pakistan is eyeing to increase the size of this sector to over US$ 11 billion by 2011. (Source: PSEB WTO) This is not the first time that PTA has done this but in a time of global economic recession and struggling businesses, this sends out a plea of how governments can affect the ICT growth of their own citizens and businesses at large reducing their own economic growth. Are there any examples out there where countries have done the same crushed their own economic growth options? Is it true that governments want to prevent the growth of their own industries and benefit to the common man whereas the promise of the Internet and ICTs was leap frogging social and economic benefit? Kindly read through and share your thoughts. For an update on the issue, kindly visit or join the Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pakistanictpolicy or the message thread at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pakistanictpolicy/message/1597 Kindly read the message below: -- Forwarded message -- From: Jehan Ara [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 8:38 PM Subject: [pakistanictpolicy] IPs being blocked again! To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some [EMAIL PROTECTED] companies have brought to my attention that their IPs have been blocked for as long as 30 minutes at a time, over the past few days. Their ISPs have told them that the PTA has installed software for packet sniffing of all VoIP users on their networks. They are therefore now insisting that if any voice activity takes place over IP, a license needs to be obtained from the PTA otherwise the following steps will be taken. The first step is blocking internet for 30 minutes as a warning, the second step will be a notice, and the third a fine and then the total blocking of their internet facility . This is of great concern especially to companies who are engaged in BPO and offshore development services, and for all IT and ITES companies servicing customers internationally. As it is, getting and retaining foreign customers is not easy for Pakistani companies and now if we have to forfeit this line of voice communication as well, our exports will certainly take a plunge. The PTA had previously expressed concern over large scale VOIP operations being run to terminate calls and offer services, but this does not explain why a business that has a couple of lines which are being used to stay in contact with customers or for tech support, is being targetted. During a meeting with General Shahzada, the former Chairman of the PTA, a few months ago, I had specifically been told that the PTA did not have any objection to people using VoIP (eg. Skype and Vonage) unless they were offering VoIP services without being licensed. In fact the PTA had circulated a determination, as far back as 2002, which specifically stated that they had decided that Net2Phone would no longer be blocked because it did not impact to any significant degree on the business of PTCL. I wrote to the PTA seeking a clarification on the VoIP policy and asking them to advise all ISPs that using VoIP is not illegal in this country unless one is using it for large scale call termination, and that in such a situation, one needs to be a licensed operator. I told them that this has caused quite a stir in the IT community. The result? I was told that there was a simple solution - the companies should pay Rs. 5,000 and get licensed through PSEB. Their IPs would be registered, IP addresses provided to the PTA and from that stage on, would not be prone to blocking. I still don't understand why. Don't they understand that VoIP should be free for use by individuals and companies? Are they going to block all our IPs next because we use Skype to talk to friends and family? Isn't it time we had a proper VoIP Policy or better still a complete deregulation of VoIP? Or am I being naive? Jehan Ara President [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] The New Wave of Non-Western ICT4D Aid Donors - My Comments
I wanted to share my detailed comments with the community members made in response to a blog posting by Dr. Richard Heeks blog titled The New Wave of Non-Western ICT4D Aid Donors posted at http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/the-new-wave-of-non-western-ict4d-aid-donors. It can also serve as an important read for an eye into the future and what Non-Western ICT4D Aid Donors are achieving. My Two Cents to: The New Wave of Non-Western ICT4D Aid Donors @ ICT4D Blog http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/ Based upon my experience with ICT4D Donors and the various countries I have visited as part of my ICT4D related engagements, we have to note that developed countries which have identified ICT and Innovation to be the key drivers of their economies and accepted the Knowledge Economy to be the era of competition between the developed and developing, the newly developed countries are funding ICT4D in the form of local social entrepreneurship and enterprise as well as development aid because it is a core process of the ICT model they have evolved through years of experience. ICT Production and ICT Consumption models are more viable as economic growth indicators when the right balance has been struck between them. Recently I visited Korea for some good amount of time where we were trained by the United Nations as Trainer of Trainers for the Academy of ICT Essentials for for Government Leaders to help change the mindset and raise awareness that ICTs are a key component of Governance and that e-Government and e-Governance are the key focus of governments like Korea where they have transitioned from a One Window Operation E-Government to Zero Window Operation and their experience has been highly successful. As part of our capacity building, we gained the golden opportunity to study and receive first hand experience of Korea's digital infrastructure as well as electronic governance frameworks in full action. Indeed a scarce opportunity for us ICT4D advocates, researchers and social entrepreneurs! Secondly, in Korea's determination to lead with ICTs and Innovation in this century, in particular, their development organization KADO - Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion, South Korea [https://www.kado.or.kr/koil/default.asp] has focused upon the community population that is mostly left behind in developing world countries. This community is mostly the rural and physically under advantaged community and what KADO does is really amazing and a lesson for all like us in Pakistan or South Asia. You will be interested in understanding that for a developed or developing world country to incorporate ICT4D production and consumption models within its ODA frameworks usually occurs when they have incorporated ICT4D as a key driver of their economic growth and itself is utilizing the innovation in the field as a macro economic indicator for its own social development. The co-relation with one's own economy and the benefit of experience it has gains from its development to be applicable to another country's social and economic benefit are inter-related. If we just look at what KADO is doing, as a specialized government subsidiary devoted to providing comprehensive support for domestic and international digital divide closure. Kado provides to the disabled, elderly and farming and fishing villagers with easy and affordable access to ICT services as means of elevating the quality of life of their citizens as well as achieving balanced development of national economy. The achievement of a balanced development of national economy indicates both the successful evolution and adoption of ICT Production and Consumption models for sustained social and economic development as Human Capital equipped with locally evolved technical and vocational skills is critical for the success of such a model. Within the framework of its services KADO caters to achieve this through: a. Information access environment creation b. Skills and contents development aimed at bridging digital divide c. International cooperation to narrow the global digital divide d. Public IT education to upgrade people's IT literacy e. Promotion of public awareness on the digital divide f. Encouragement of productive information use and prevention of informatization adverse function g. Research and development on the digital divide and its bridging strategy. Reference: [https://www.kado.or.kr/koil/files/kado-eng.pdf] I would also like to point out here that KADO is not only equipped for today, it has an eye into the future as well as is spreading its wings into new transitional economies. In Nepal it is setting up the governments first ICT Data Centre. It is training government leaders for use of ICTs for better Governance. As a whole, since 2000 Korean consultants, aid professionals and businesses have participated in a number of Government Automation and E-Government Programs in the Asian Region including the Financial Sector IT Reform Project at the State
Re: [DDN] The future of DDN
Thanks for the responses to our idea of what to do with DDN :) To clear somethings up: -Tobias asked if the donation for membership is voluntary or not. We have no intention of charging people to access DDN. What we do want to do is identify people who are financial supporters of DDN. We don't have a donation system set up yet because we wanted to make sure that it was a good idea first. -The wiki issue is being looked into. The system should be able to handle your existing DDN login information so you don't have to create two accounts and login to both all the time. -Taran's idea of GoogleAds is interesting and we'll have our tech team see how easy it is to implement. Which should be very easy. The hard part will be finding a space for them as we don't want GoogleAds on the front page of DDN has it may make the site look less credible. Any thoughts on that note? -Many people have suggested moving DDN to a new system. This is just as hard (or even harder) than keeping our current system running. We've though about this at TIG and were moving ahead with our system because it is the easiest for our developers to work on. Adam Clare ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Tickets on Sale for the next DrupalCon in Washington, DC!
Hi all, I just wanted to let everyone interested in Drupal - the web 2.0 community platform (and much more) - know that the annual North America conference is scheduled and tickets are now on sale. It's a great place to meet developers, web project managers and other enthusiasts, as well as learn about new innovations with the software and their applications worldwide. Tickets on Sale for the next DrupalCon in Washington, DC! - This week Drupal announced that its official Drupal un-conference will be in Washington, DC March 4–7, 2009 and almost 400 tickets sold out in just the first three days. There are still a few discounted tickets left for $175 before they go up to $200 in the next batch of tickets sold. DrupalCon attracts the most talented open source developers and innovative web shops in the world and brings them together to network, learn more about Drupal, and make decisions on the future of the platform. It's also a great opportunity for Drupal users to learn what they can do with Drupal, find partners for future projects, and meet the people behind the code. You can see how the agenda is shaping up here: http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/sessions and who's planning to attend here, http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/attendees. For those of you who aren't developers, there will be a tracks and special events targeted on communications folks that focus on online strategy. The website and registration are at http://dc2009.drupalcon.org. Hope to see you there! Ian Ward Development Seed Inc. http://www.developmentseed.org developmentseedperu(skype) Tel. 202.250.3633 Fax. 302.347.5281 ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
