ICT Knowledge

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ICT Knowledge
ICT Diffusion
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Partners
Armenia
Estonia
Macedonia
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Objectives

• ICT diffusion in the CEE region
• Recognize good examples
• Modeling the factors
• Implementing lessons learnt
• Armenia (AM)
• E-learning module
• Macedonia (MK)
• Web terminology service
• Community Networking (extension to AM)

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CEE Region

• 1990s
• Transitional period
• Introducing ICT
• Leaders
• Laggards

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ICT Diffusion
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Modeling the Factors

• GDP per capita
• Telecommunication infrastructure
• ICT Production and Consumption
• Direct Foreign Investment
• Spending on Research, Development
• Education
• Research and Education Community (NREN)
• Government, Policies, Law and Practice
• Democracy and Openness
• Content and demand
• Geography
• Culture, Language and Gender
• NGO involvement

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Estonia A Primer to Follow

• High ICT penetration
• Yet with limited economic resources
• Dominant factors
• Political will
• Relevant content
• User training

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Lessons Learnt

• Distribute ICT knowledge that is
• Useful
• Sustainable
• Replicable
• Raise awareness of ICT and its role in bridging
  digital divide
• Establish (library) tele-centers

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Official Statistics for DevelopmentE-learning
Module
Rolf
Tigran
Arevik
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Armenian Connection

• Needs Contents for DE (distance education)
  concerning societal development
• Problem Need of skills for using official
  statistical data
• Idea A course about official statistics
  retrieve, analyse, interpret, communicate
• Means A course in an FL (Flexible Learning) and
  LLL (Life Long Learning) setting

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Results of the Pilot Course

• The course has been developed in an LMS (learning
  management system), run, tested and evaluated
• Target group needs, accessibility (is useful)
• Future delivery, maintainance of contents (is
  sustainable)
• Use of an LMS facilitates technically,
  administratively, and for instructors/tutors (is
  replicable)

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Scientific TerminologyWeb-searchable terms in
four languages

• Presenting at the Macedonian Academy of Sciences
  and Arts

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Macedonian Identity

• Needs Service for the academic community
  promoting the language
• Problem Understanding the potential of ICT
• Idea Terminology project to promote Web
  techology
• Means Terms searchable in four languages

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Building Community NetworksImplementing the
content

• A tele-center in Skopje

Web pages
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Future Work

• Refine and validate the model for ICT Diffusion
• Revise and implement the e-learning module in
  other CEENet countries
• Create a comprehensive e-Dictionary that includes
  all significant area
• Establish new tele-centers both with respect to
  community networking and other content relative
  to ICT proliferation

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Thank You!
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