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Opening a World of Learning
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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.
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Global Distance Education Net
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The Global Distance Education Network is a set of information management tools designed to provide current and accurate information about distance education and training from around the world. These tools are intended to serve the World Bank's client countries, public and private organizations, and individuals interested in using distance education as a means of human development.
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Global Development Learning Network
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The Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) is a global partnership of learning centers (GDLN Affiliates) that offer the use of advanced information and communication technologies to connect people working in development around the world. By applying tools and services developed in the field of distance learning – learning that takes place when participants in an event are separated by space and time – GDLN Affiliates enable organizations, teams, and individuals around the world to communicate, share knowledge, and learn from each others’ experiences in a timely and cost-effective manner.
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Worldwide Centres of Excellence
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he Worldwide Centre of Excellence (CoE) Network consists of regional mechanisms aimed at strengthening the capacity within each region in order to develop high-level know-how and expertise in telecommunication policy, regulatory issues, corporate management and advanced telecommunication technology.
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National Alliance for ICTs for Basic Human Needs in India
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Formed in May 2004, the National Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Basic Human Needs will seek to take the ICTs-enabled knowledge revolution to all of India's 638,000 villages by August 15 2007, when the country celebrates its 60th year of independence. The Alliance sees itself as acting as a catalyst for technology innovation for rural ICT applications and connectivity. "It will work to bring the private sector and the academia together with strong support from civil society organizations for experimenting every innovation among the target communities." The M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) and OneWorld South Asia are jointly organising the Alliance.
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INASP Training Activities and Materials
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INASP’s mission is to enable worldwide access to information and knowledge with particular emphasis on the needs of developing and transitional countries. They work with partners and networks around the world to encourage the creation and production of information, to promote sustainable and equitable access to information, to foster collaboration and networking, and to strengthen local capacities to manage and use information and knowledge. They seek to achieve these through activities and programmes that: 1. improve access to scientific and scholarly information
2. catalyse and support local publication and information exchange
3. strengthen local capacities to manage and use information and knowledge
4. foster in-country, regional and international cooperation and networking
5. advise local organisations and funding agencies on ways to utilise information and publishing to achieve development goals
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TechKnowLogia
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TechKnowLogia is an international online journal that provides policy makers, strategists, practitioners and technologists at the local, national and global levels with a strategic forum to: Explore the vital role of different information technologies (print, audio, visual and digital) in the development of human and knowledge capital; Share policies, strategies, experiences and tools in harnessing technologies for knowledge dissemination, effective learning, and efficient education services; Review the latest systems and products of technologies of today, and peek into the world of tomorrow; and exchange information about resources, knowledge networks and centers of expertise.
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International Education and Resource Network
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iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) the world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to collaborate on projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world. The organization is made up of over 20,000 schools in more than 115 countries. iEARN empowers teachers and young people to work together online using the Internet and other new communications technologies. Over 1,000,000 students each day are engaged in collaborative project work worldwide.
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Global Information Networks in Education
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The Global Information Networks in Education (GINIE) serve as a 'virtual learning community' for education innovation in nations in crisis and transition. They use Internet-based technology to build a capacity for rapid access to information and expertise for education professionals working internationally in nations in crisis and at risk to disruption. The GINIE networks help education policymakers, donor/investors, researchers and practitioners to work collaboratively, to learn from each other, and to inform the public. They place particular emphasis on the development of long term professional networks within and across regions. These networks are intended to share locally created materials and expertise with counterparts for policy dialogue, professional development and classroom exchange.
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Internet Access and Training Program
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IATP provides free Internet access and training through a network of access sites in 11 countries throughout Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Western Eurasia. Through these sites, thousands of individuals per month receive free-of-charge access to the Internet as well as to a wide variety of computer-related training programs. A variety of publications and policy papers are available for download.
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KnowNet Initiative
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The KnowNet initiative centers around using and propagating ICT models for creating an open system for recognising, valuing, enriching and sharing of local knowledge, in parallel with human capacity building efforts. This will lead to a two-way process of people accessing information and knowledge for development and also information and knowledge finding its way to the probable users. Broadly the concept is three fold: 1. Recognising and valuing existing knowledge which is locally relevant. 2. Leveraging and advancing the mutual knowledge of people. 3. Using Knowledge for catalysing sustainable human development process.
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International Human Resource Development
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HRD Gateway is a very powerful professional networking platform for human resource development professionals worldwide. It will help you find like-minded people from all disciplines.
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Electronic Networking for Rural Asia/Pacific Region
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ENRAP’s goal is to help develop skills to access, manage and share knowledge relevant to IFAD project objectives and implementation, in collaboration with selected groups of IFAD projects and local specialists. Potential users of the knowledge sharing system include project staff and their partners who work directly with rural communities and help make the knowledge available at the grassroots level. ENRAP investigates strategies, processes, methods and technologies to support rural communication and knowledge networking, and develops recommendations for future activities. This project will foster a culture for knowledge sharing and learning amongst all the stakeholders of IFAD projects.
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Community ICT and Networking Resources
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United Nations Information Technology Service has a resources page for Community ICT and Networking Resources. This page is usefull to anybody looking for resources to help establish community partnerships and participation.
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The Social And Economic Impact Of Networked Technologies On Rural Societies in South Asia
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This book addresses many of the problems and possibilities of using net-
worked technologies for developmental objectives. We lay out our views on
how best to create digitally-enabled infrastructure in chapters 1 and 2. In
chapter 3 we describe the social and economic impact of networked tech-
nologies on rural societies and various kinds of organizations, based on our
own experiences. Chapter 4 discusses statistics and recent trends within the
sector, that are based on an analysis of our extensive database on this sector.
Sections 5, 6, and 7 of this document describe actually existing technologies,
projects and resources in South Asia that use or facilitate the use of ICTs for
various developmental objectives. This listing is by no means encyclopedic,
and is intended only as a guide to the unfolding landscape. Investors and
entrepreneurs are invited to think of these resources as an incomplete tool-
kit, or kit-of-parts, that may be assembled together for new and innovative
applications, experiments, and projects. Although the majority of cases dis-
cussed here are from India, they may serve as resources for the rest of South
Asia, as well as other parts of the developing world.
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The Network Startup Resource Center
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The Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC), a non-profit organization, has worked since the late 1980s to help develop and deploy networking technology in various projects throughout Asia/Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and the New Independent States. Partially supported by grant award OISE-0334176 from the US National Science Foundation, the NSRC provides technicaland engineering assistance to international networking initiatives building access to the public Internet, especially to academic/research institutions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The NSRC is based at the University of Oregon, where we work in collaboration with the Advanced Network Technology Center (ANTC), and Network Services.
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Bytes for All
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‘Bytes for All’ is totally ‘0’ funded, voluntary initiative. In the midst of all funding circuses where services and priorities mean donor agency guidelines, Bytes for All stands alone with its philosophy not to take any funding and to be self-sustainable. We are somewhat inspired by GNU/Linux experiment of unfunded cooperation of volunteers through the Net. Needless to say, the Internet has played a key role in spurring up the development of Bytes for All. Volunteers have willingly teamed up from around South Asia, making this initiative's efforts at collating information relevant to the region widely appreciated within and beyond the region. All the volunteers (including the authors) are young and are from diverse backgrounds, who have a distinctive vision of creating a different South Asia and provide time & expertise at their own responsibilities.
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The Digital Partnership
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The Digital Partnership aims to promote affordable access to technology and training for learning, enterprise and development through sustainable private/public partnerships. Digital Partnership is all about creating access to ICT in ways that are scalable and sustainable. Digital Partnership uses private sector know-how and resources - for public purposes. It works to integrate donors, for-profit providers, public services and communities together for one objective: the provision of affordable access to technology and training for learning, enterprise and development.
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