Give Them the Technology and They Will Come Chris Batt

Chris Batt

The People’s Network

200,000,000 50,000,000 100,000 250,000 400,000 40,000 200,000 100,000 hours free Internet availability user sessions back into learning gained new skill IT training sessions got new jobs supported community activity made new friends “ A Bridge Across the Digital Divide”

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back into learning

gained new skill

IT training sessions

got new jobs

supported community activity

made new friends

The longest gap year since records began

Public value chains in a networked world

How important is technology to the democratic process?

Political infrastructure Technology The people

Political infrastructure Technology The people Change Understanding Empowerment Better lives Power?

BARRIERS Mechanisms for engagement Motivation Relevance Value (return on investment)

BARRIERS Mechanisms for engagement Motivation Relevance Value (return on investment)

The land of informed bewilderment

Digital inclusion stretches much further than the screen The Web we have now will not be the Web of the future There has to be a more radical debate concerning outcomes Public policy must embrace the whole value chain from citizen to decision It must be a journey of equals

An e-Bay for learning Learning opportunities modelled on large-scale, multi-player games YouLearn video site where learners could post their own solutions A We-Think approach will offer learning all over, all the time, in a wide variety of settings, for a wide variety of people, more tailored to small groups and individual needs

Out with the education juggernaut, in with the learning society