Pam and Others:
You have articulated the challenges. Some rural government people are
now aware that ICT can impact development. They want to know more, they
are asking for training. But ICT is not a farming tool that you can
take to the village and increase farm product yield directly. It is not
them to the
benefits ICT can have on the larger rural community.
So my question is: Has anyone on this List worked on an IT training
curriculum for a rural population's local government? I am curious about
the list of topics covered.
I will appreciate any inputs.
Femi Oyesanya
Nigeria: Silicon Valley Transplant
By Femi Oyesanya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
A recent Nigerian Newspaper article cited the Nigerian Minister of the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nasir El-Rufai, as saying that the
Nigerian Government has given the approval for the bu
In a message dated 10/4/2004, Barry Coetzee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In economies where the total number of e-commerce transactions are in
> the 1000's there is no point in installing or using any technology that
> costs more than a couple of thousand US$. It would not be sustainable.
Furthe
Organizations in developing Countries ought to adopt International
Certification and accreditation standards. For example, ISO 11799. The
challege is finding qualified expertise to implement adoption of these
standards.
Femi Oyesanya
On Monday, September 27, 2004, Global Knowledge Dev
On 9/20/04, Global Knowledge Dev. Moderator asked:
> 6. Where do we draw the line between individual rights and freedoms
> (e.g., to use encryption to protect privacy) and government
> responsibility to protect citizens (e.g., outlawing encryption)?
One of the so-called 'developing countries' ha
n or not local after downloading, take them out.
>
> Each module includes articles, video footage, PowerPointÆ presentations,
> and class activities. They draw from the wealth of GLEF's archives of
> best practices and correlate with ISTE/NCATE NETS standards
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d the information society <http://www.opt-init.org/>.
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Femi Oyesanya
"All reification is a forgetting"
This DOT-COM Discussion is funded by the dot-ORG USAID Cooperative
Agreement, and hosted by GKD. http://www.dot-com-alliance.org provides
I think we can use DEA (Data Envelopment Anaysis) to calculate the
efficiency of a Professional Development Program. Software for DEA can
be found at:
http://www.wiso.uni-dortmund.de/lsfg/or/scheel/ems/
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Femi Oyesanya
"All reification is a forge
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> I agree with Mlenge - policymakers have to be more involved in making
> sure ICT resources are distributed equally.
..snip...
> I would like to know what we can do to actively involve policy makers to
> support educator initiatives.
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quot; of training
> activities, e.g., the cultural, technological, or social
> "appropriateness" of different approaches?
>
> 4. Are there methodologies for measuring the cost of effectively
> bringing particular models to scale?
>
> 5. What is the best way to dissemina
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