Greetings to all,
As my friend and colleague, Scott Robinson, suggests, our consideration
of the technical means of professional development begs several
questions. Who benefits from professional development? Or, perhaps of
greater importance, in poor and agrarian economies, Who are the
Besides lacking the basic infrastructure, some of these communities also
lack informal professional development support systems that we now see
on the Internet. For example, I am yet to see any informal collaborative
groups for Open Source Software use or development with roots in Africa.
Sender:
Colegas,
Responding to Gary Garriott's post re why isn't anyone responding at
the local level?:
1) the increasing polarization dividing rich and poor in Latin America,
often the result of a fundamentalist the market will solve the problem
ideology, has obliged the best and the brightest in
I was happy to see this post advocating a return to the concept of
development of basic supporting infrastructure. Especially over the
past couple of years I have been in countless meetings and seminars in
which many learned participants have climbed all over each other to see
who can be the
An interesting homeostatic trend is emerging in this discussion in
response to Femi's challenge: Tom argues importantly for incentives
either not to leave, or to return to origins in the interests of
community sustainability; Sam understandably wants skilled personel to
remain in service for local
I feel sure that my thoughts here are somewaht off target, since the
focus of this listserv is the use of ICT for development. But Sam
Lanfranco and Tom Abeles have reinforced some of the (to me) most
relevant factors in development, and they are only peripherally related
to ICT.
People relate to
Sam Lanfranco's comment, below, is worth serious reflection,
particularly his last sentence (copied up, here):
The challenge is to keep the skilled personnel in service for local
society.
There is a famous line which goes something like this How do you keep
them down on the farm after they
You make a compelling argument that if there is a need for improved
productivity, then change will happen. I agree with your assumption to a
point. If a technology can improve productivity or quality of life, if
the infrastructure is there to support the new technology, if the people
with the need
Dear GKD Members,
Losira Okelo put it right talking about the 'right' Resources to foster
Professional development. Indeed, the policy makers are a stumbling
block in the process. I am one of those in Africa, who many times I have
pulled through my salary to ensure connectivity is sustainable in
Policy foundations are very important. However, since NGO's may have
limitations on how they impact local policy in these other Countries,
one way might be to tailor the Professional Development in such a way
that it recognizes the limitations of local policy. Professional
development evaluation
On Tue, June 15, 2004, YEYEROLLI1 posed the following question to my
analysis about the need for organizational change (Knowledge Mangement
Learning Organization Behaviour):
Why then did developing Countries in Africa embrace the typewriter,
mobile phone, and fax machine? I submit, that the
Dear Colleagues,
Talking about 'right' resources, one may not miss policy -- conducive
policies for that matter. Most of the time, the divide is not digital:
mere policy statements.
For example, for about ten years since Tanzania allowed private Radio
and TV stations to operate, the stations
Sam GKD Readers,
Thank you for a truly outstanding contribution to this conversation.
Your comments should be required reading for my college's partners in
Africa, and for the donor countries who work with them. The notions of
knowledge management and networking, and a culture of learning and
Sam:
Why then did developing Countries in Africa embrace the typewriter,
mobile phone, and fax machine? I submit, that the notion of
organizational cultural changes as a significant prerequisite for ICT
skill development is flawed. Rudimentary adoption of technology are
already evident in some
Dear GKD Members,
I would like to add to this discussion on online professional
development by telling you of our experience in training lab technicians
and midwives in the Philippines. I work for the Department of Health in
Manila, and in 1997 we built the first Mutimedia Center of Excellence
Global Knowledge Dev. Moderator asked:
3. What role should ICT training programs play in developing countries?
Can ICT-based training take the place of teachers and the social
environment of classrooms?
4. How can we ensure ICT-based training responds to the needs of the
society? Are there
On June 7, 2004, GKD Moderator wrote:
5. Are there gender consideration issues related to using ICTs for
professional development?
The gender problem is that even if women get training through ICTs they
usually have difficulty getting jobs. This is true even in the area of
the media and
Dear GKD Members,
It is good to see such measured comment from Barbara Fillip. I would
like to add my own comment from my perspective of working in distance
education at the UK's Open University, and in software localisation.
At 16:45 07/06/2004, Barbara Fillip wrote:
Thank you for expanding
On June 7, 2004, Global Knowledge Dev. Moderator wrote:
3. What role should ICT training programs play in developing countries?
Can ICT-based training take the place of teachers and the social
environment of classrooms?
In situations of dire shortage of teachers, their replacement is
On June 7, 2004, GKD Moderator asked:
1. What are the latest advances in using technology to provide effective
training at cost-efficient prices?
As someone pointed out, the latest advances revolve around assessing the
use of ICT for training, not cutting edge technology.
Personally, I would
Hello everyone,
Thank you for expanding the focus to a broader range of professionals. I
think most of the issues faced are quite similar whether the target
audience consists of educators or other professionals...
A few thoughts in answer to the key questions below
KEY QUESTIONS:
1. What
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