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2. University RMIT Third Melbourne Computing Education Conventicle 2006 Why is education in/of computing sooo important for us? Digital divide

3. University RMIT IT enabled education

4. University RMIT IT enables progress Computers are everywhere and used in every job. Information and communication technologies are the enablers of progress. Problems in the first world: Skill shortage! Not enough good students. Technical jobs are undervalued in our society. We need to educate IT teachers better. We need to teach IT better We need to teach better (and cheaper)

5. University RMIT Computers will soon be freely available to all (Bill Gates) E-learning, online education, artificially intelligent teachers “Why listen to a mediocre teacher when a Nobel- laureate is only a flat screen away?” (Friedman) Experimentation – collaboration How will teaching change?

6. University RMIT We live in luxury

7. University RMIT Need to change! IT (supported) – education 6M prison places needed In the USA 8B cost of petrol in USA 1T military spending/year Waiting time? Theft, cost 40M infected 3M deaths/year

8. University RMIT Third world problems

9. University RMIT “The world is flat” (Friedman) IT – ICT is flattening the world Supply chains run around the world. Low wage workers in the third world can compete with “us”. (outsourcing, rent-a-coder, off-shoring) “The End of Poverty” (2025) (Jeffrey Sachs). Get (IT)-education into the third world for free! Digital divide

10. University RMIT A 2002 study estimated that 549 million women in the world are illiterate. Impact of education

11. University RMIT 2B people are seriously poor Impact of education

12. University RMIT Education of women (and men) → women’s emancipation/liberation → better quality of life → better health → better democracy Better education for all

13. University RMIT Computing Education is needed In all three worlds! Third Melbourne Computing Education Conventicle 2006 Don’t keep this “unauthorised meeting” a secret!

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