Cisco Confidential 1 Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Internet Business Solutions Group Cultural Considerations When Using ICT.

Cisco Confidential 1 Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Internet Business Solutions Group Cultural Considerations When Using ICT Dr Michelle Selinger Director, Education Asia Pacific Internet Business Solutions Group

Cisco Confidential 3 Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Internet Business Solutions Group Who chooses how to use ICT? “ It is a proven lesson from the history of technology that users are the key producers of the technology by adapting it to their uses and values, and ultimately transforming the technology itself …” Manuel Castells, 2001

Cisco Confidential 4 Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Internet Business Solutions Group Types of cultures Widening the definition of multiculturalism Youth cultures Learning cultures Country cultures

Cisco Confidential 7 Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Internet Business Solutions Group Informal learning Informal learning is based in conversations, and team projects, in which learning is part and parcel of the interactions between people Dora Digenti We learn by conversing with ourselves, with others, and with the world around us Laurie Thomas & Sheila Harrie-Augstein The best learning happens in real life with real problems and real people and not in classrooms.“ Charles Handy

Cisco Confidential 13 Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Internet Business Solutions Group Cultural Imperialism or Cultural Understanding? “Together we have been reflecting on the ways that we are both alike and different, and in fact we are both transforming our respective cultures, as well as being transformed by each others cultures, as we interact with each other in this shared educational experience”. (Janssen, 2000)

Cisco Confidential 15 Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Internet Business Solutions Group Teaching and Learning What needs to be taught? What is actually taught? What is learnt?

Cisco Confidential 17 Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Internet Business Solutions Group Education Human Network Human Network across the Education Community Businesses Researchers IT providers Suppliers Storage Governments Educators Agencies Students Parents/Guardians Administrators Partners Learning Services Learning Analysis Visibility & Awareness Expert & Social Collaboration Resources Management Cross-ecosystem planning & modelling Recognised Quality Education Financial Economics Environmental Economics Operational Efficiencies Education Lifecycle Management Value Creation Capabilities Users/Community Student Experience & Satisfaction Source: Cisco IBSG Follow Me Content - content follows the users, processes, and activities People subscribe to people - social connections and expert location Immersive Interactions – presence, geospatial location, semantics/context

Cisco Confidential 20 Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Internet Business Solutions Group Rip, Mix and Share The Creative Archive turns the concept of media literacy into something much more than just a ‘good idea’. It’s about empowering people by providing them with material which may enhance their cultural awareness, their critical faculty and their creative skills David Puttnam, 2006

Cisco Confidential 21 Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Internet Business Solutions Group Open Courseware  Playground  Models  Participation Assuring quality of education and education practices

Cisco Confidential 24 Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Internet Business Solutions Group Education Links through ICT  South-South as well as North-South  Joint appointments  Local relevance, global action  Low–cost access solutions

Cisco Confidential 26 Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Internet Business Solutions Group Learning from each other Supporting Teachers Teaching Resources Student Activities Assessment Supporting Students Lesson Planning Professional Development

Cisco Confidential 30 Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Internet Business Solutions Group Community Involvement for Cultural Relevance  Growing  Cooking  Nutrition  Commerce skills  Geography of food  Inter-connected lives  Diets vary

Cisco Confidential 32 Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Internet Business Solutions Group  Improving developing country HEIs & Providing OER & TNE  Alternative access to HE & Availability of technology  Peer review & Cultural relevance  Innovation and interactivity & Access  Quality & Cost

Cisco Confidential 34 Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Internet Business Solutions Group Adapting e- content  Considerable work and intermediation required  Cultural, pedagogical and technological considerations  Avoid duplication  Allow educators to adapt  Allow student to create

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