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Eurolink Day - Digital Activisits
The document discusses the UK and global context of digital inclusion with a focus on involving Dain volunteers in reducing the digital divide. It outlines plans for dialogue with international partners, sharing project progress and feedback, and emphasizes the importance of web skills for all working-age individuals by the end of the current parliament. Additionally, it suggests integrating web skill recognition into community volunteering programs and emphasizes the value of user-generated content in the digital space.
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- 2. : TheUK and Global Context of Digital Inclusion?
- 4. AimsTo enable DAINvolunteers to review their recent work and to consider how it is viewed in a global context.
- 5. Take forward adialogue with partners in other countries with similar interests in the potential of volunteers to address the digital divide.
- 6. Contribute to planningfuture transnational study programme. National Institute of Adult Continuing EducationLargest non governmental body supporting adult learning.AdvocacyResearchDevelopment
- 7. Programme9.30 Setting thescene9.45 UK and Global Context of Digital Inclusion?10.00 Project progress and the DAIN video. 10.25 Introduce the remote participants10.30 Feedback from remote participants10.45 - small group discussions and responses to remote viewers
- 8. Programme11.45 Webcast response12.00The Estonia visit – feedback 12.25 Focus of future transnational study12.40 – Next steps12.45 - Lunch
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- 10. since Brown leftNo 10 in May, he has spent time talking to Sir Tim Berners-Lee, father of the world wide web, about using the internet to revolutionise Africa's economy.Larry Elliott, economics editorThe Guardian, Saturday 24 July 2010 Photo by Remy Steinegger www.swiss-image.ch/
- 13. By the endof this Parliament, everyone of working age should be online and no one should retire without web skills. Our vision is for the UK to be one of the first places in the world where everyone can use the web.
- 15. 6.3 We shouldembed rewards for passing on basic web skills into existing community volunteering programmes — for exampleGirl Guide and Scout badges, Duke of Edinburgh awards and in the new proposals for civic service.
- 16. 6.4 We shoulddevelop ways of recognising and rewarding the contribution of informal volunteers who pass their web skills on to friends, family and neighbours.
- 17. 82.5 % UKhttp://www.internetworldstats.com/
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- 19. A tale oftwo TimsWeb 2.0 User generated content adds value. Photo: Uldis Bojārs and Robert Scoble
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- 23. Web 2.0 Usergenerated content adds value.
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- #6 I work for NIACE NIACE is………and head up the Digital Learning Team. One of our projects is to help set up Learning with Technology World Forum n London in January. Invitation only but I am happy to talk to anyone who is interested in being invited. This is m y job Monday – Friday but on Saturday I am a teacher of adults – I treach navigation skills.
- #10 "Africa's best hope for diversification into the high-value sectors is a massive acceleration in the use of IT ... 40% of people in Africa have mobiles, but only 10% have access to the internet which offers the chance of a technological leap in the provision of services and for business and citizens."I am working with some of you to bring together experts in this field for a major campaign and programme of work, because I truly believe that the rapid expansion of internet access in Africa could transform how Africa trades, learns and holds political power accountable."
- #11 Four in Five Regard Internet Access as a Fundamental Right: Global PollFour in five adults (79%) regard internet access as their fundamental right, according to anew global poll conducted across 26 countries for BBC World Service.The poll of more than 27,000 adults conducted by GlobeScan found that 87 per cent of thosewho used the internet felt that internet access should be “the fundamental right of all people.”More than seven in ten (71%) non-internet users also felt that they should have the right toaccess the web.The poll of more than 27,000 adults conducted by GlobeScan found that 87 per cent of thosewho used the internet felt that internet access should be “the fundamental right of all people.”More than seven in ten (71%) non-internet users also felt that they should have the right toaccess the web.Countries where very high proportions regarded internet access as their fundamental rightincluded South Korea (96%), Mexico (94%), and China (87%).Most web users are very positive about the changes the internet has brought to their liveshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/08_03_10_BBC_internet_poll.pdf
- #17 http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats9.htm