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ICT for Development Conclusions

ICT for Development Conclusions. ICT4D Lecture 20 Tim Unwin. Outline. Return to original aims Have they been fulfilled? Learning environments The role of ICT for Development? ‘Development’ agendas Information and communication The technologies The contexts

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ICT for Development Conclusions

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  1. ICT for DevelopmentConclusions ICT4D Lecture 20 Tim Unwin

  2. Outline • Return to original aims • Have they been fulfilled? • Learning environments • The role of ICT for Development? • ‘Development’ agendas • Information and communication • The technologies • The contexts • Final questions and discussion • Feedback Lecture 20

  3. Original formal course aims • Understanding of ICT4D • Interface information, communication, technology and ‘development’ • Acquisition of relevant skills • Knowledge of practical aspects of ICT4D delivery • Encouragement to think critically • Combination of theory and practice • Skills and understanding relevant to careers Lecture 20

  4. Informal aims • To be relevant • Links with other courses • ‘Being’ in the world • Hopefully enjoyable • Shared learning experience • Challenging • Stretching you intellectually • Fulfilling • To be one of the best course in College! Lecture 20

  5. Your learning objectives You agreed six main objectives • Increased employment prospects • Understanding ICT • Confidence building (presentations) • Improved communication skills • Practical experience of ICT4D • Understanding development Were your individual objectives fulfilled? Lecture 20

  6. Learning methods • The importance of a diversity of learning methods: • Lectures • Reading • Visiting speaker presentations • Tutorials • Practicals on web-design • Revision presentation seminars (still to come) • On-line learning • Group work • Each contributing different opportunities and developing specific skills • All relevant to technology enhanced blended learning • Learning as a collaborative venture Lecture 20

  7. The role of ICT for Development • “ICT for development”, not “development for ICT”! • ‘Development’’ agendas • Information and communication • The technologies • The contexts Lecture 20

  8. ‘Development’ Agendas • The course intersects two broad literatures • Globalisation and theories of space-time • Development policy and practice • Globalisation and space-time • The Digital Age and a Network Society • Influence of technology on space-time • Habermas and the role of technology in society • ‘Development’ • Challenges to the hegemony of economics • Critiques of donor policy (budget support) • The moral agenda to make the world a better place Lecture 20

  9. Information and Communication • ICT4D initiatives must be demand led • Needs for information and communication • Too many initiatives are technology and private sector led • Information • People need information to be able to make decisions about their lives • Communication • People need to communicate to fulfil their social existence Lecture 20

  10. Information and Communication • How does technology change the ways in which we gain information and communicate? • Can we really use ICT to enhance the lives of the poor • Or will capitalist profit-seeking always prevail? • Enormous potential of technology to enable those with disabilities Lecture 20

  11. The technologies • Books and printing were once new technologies • ICT usually thought about as computers and the Internet • But radio, mobile telephony, video • Need to identify • Appropriate technology in respond to demand • Sustainable solutions • The importance of integrated solutions and partnerships Lecture 20

  12. The technologies • Key role of infrastructures • Be they telephone networks • Or fast Internet connectivity • Importance of basic electricity • To reach the poor and marginalised they must • Be sustainable • At low cost • Fulfilling a real demand Lecture 20

  13. The contexts • Areas where ICT can make a difference • Education • Especially in teacher training • Lifelong learning • Health • Information and diagnosis at a distance • Rural development • Market prices and sustainable livelihoods • Governance • Transparency and elections • Importance of knowing some detailed case studies Lecture 20

  14. Greenberg (2005): trends in successful ICT4D projects • Focus on poverty alleviation not ICT use • ICT components kept as simple as practical • ICT practitioners involved in design of ICT components • Significant community involvement • Focus on training to ensure sustainability and success • Consideration of a plan for success; how to replicate and scale it if it is successful Lecture 20

  15. Questions and discussion The ICT4D Collective http://www.ict4d.org.uk Helping people make a difference to their lives

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