Capacity Building

Resources on education, training, professional development, teaching and learning initiatives related to ICTs.

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APDIP e-Note 17 on ICT Skill Development in the Asia-Pacific Region: This APDIP e-Note is the second in the series on information and communications technology (ICT) skill development in the Asia-Pacific region. While the first part examined the gaps between demand and supply of ICT skills, this APDIP e-Note focuses on what could be done to bridge the identified gaps at national and regional levels.

APDIP e-Note 13: ICT Skill Development in the Asia-Pacific Region - Part one: the gap between demand and supply

APDIP e-Note 13 on ICT Skill Development in the Asia-Pacific Region: As the first in a series of two complementing APDIP e-Notes, this APDIP e-Note summarizes the major findings and conclusions of a recent study on ICT human resource development in the Asia Pacific region, undertaken at UNESCAP. The conclusions of this study indicate the emergence of an increasing gap between the demand and supply of ICT skills in the region.

ICT in Education: This e-primer provides an overview of the potential benefits of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in education and the ways different ICTs have been used in education. It discusses the issues of effectiveness, cost, equity and sustainability, and the challenges of integrating ICTs in education.

Linux System Administration Training of Trainers in the South Pacific, 31 October - 11 November 2005: A training of trainers programme in Fiji for participants from South Pacific island nations was held over 10 days (31 October - 11 November 2005), after which participants sat for an examination to be certified as LPI Level 1 Linux professionals. In conjunction with this training, local proctors were trained and certified.

VClass SIP-based Mobile Classroom: Grant awarded in November 2005 to Internet Education and Research Laboratory (IntERLab), Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand to develop a system to provide remote mobile classroom facilities using SIP technology.

Traditional, Digital and Satellite-Based Radio Services for Education in the Republic of Nauru: Grant awarded in November 2005 to University of South Pacific, Fiji Islands to maximize the use of traditional, digital and satellite-based services to extend educational programming and other relevant audio content to students and community residents of the Republic of Nauru.

APDIP-Cisco Networking Academies: APDIP and Cisco Systems, Inc., successfully completed their three-year programme to bring Internet education to students in developing countries in the Asia Pacific region. They surpassed the original goal to set-up ten Cisco Networking Academies in nine developing countries in the region and have since established seventeen academies that have trained over 400 students.

Open Source GIS/Mapping Solution for the Indian Tsunami Information Resource Centre

Developing a New Resource Sharing System and a New Tool to Use Electronic Materials in Multimedia Format Based on Grid Technology, China

IT-Mediated Rural Women Education and Dissemination of Health Information: A Pilot in Tamil Nadu, India

A Distance Learning Application of the Solomon Islands People First Network (PFnet)

E-media in development: Combining multiple e-media types: This paper, on electronic media's potential contribution to rural development in less-industrialized countries, builds on the content of two earlier First Monday papers: "The Impact of Democratic Deficits on Electronic Media in Rural Development" (April 2002) and "Providing Content and Facilitating Social Change: Electronic Media in Rural Development" (February 2000). The former provides a theoretical argumentation on the influence of democratic deficits on the role of E-media in rural development, supported by case material, whereas the latter presents case material from Peru on how the different types of E-media contribute to rural development in that country. This paper also introduced the "information traffic pattern (ITP)" and "media richness" concepts.

Radio programming made for, with, and by children and youth: Welcome to the World Radio Forum...an international group of national, community, and internet radio producers and broadcasters who make radio for, with, and by children and youth. WRF members work in broadcasting, education, entertainment, development, and social change.

Opening a World of Learning: World Links is a global learning network linking thousands of students and teachers around the world via the Internet for collaborative projects and integration of technology into learning. The core "value-added" of World Links is its training program, designed to help teachers and students learn to use information and communication technologies (particularly the Internet) to improve teaching and learning.

The Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing: EEVL is the Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics and Computing. EEVL's mission is to provide access to quality networked engineering, mathematics and computing resources, and be the national focal point for online access to information in these subjects. It is an award-winning free service, created and run by a team of information specialists from a number of universities and institutions in the UK. EEVL's target audience is students, staff and researchers in higher and further education, as well as anyone else working, studying or looking for information in Engineering, Mathematics and Computing.

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