This document discusses the need for rural communities to have access to computers and internet in order to bridge digital divides, reduce poverty, and promote learning. It notes that some argue rural people do not need technology as it could make them poorer or promote materialism. However, others argue that with a new mindset and learning paradigm, information and communication technologies could be used appropriately to support problem-oriented and sustainable learning by doing through constructing networks and partnerships. This would empower rural communities and help build capacity for monitoring natural resources, improving livelihoods and protecting the environment.

1. Village that Learn
Bridging Rural Digital Divide, Generation Gap,
Poverty Reduction

2. Do rural people need computer and Internet?
ICT professionals … Yes!
Do rural people need computer and Internet?
Rural people … yes, BUT….

3. No computer,
no Internet!
They will make
us poorer, they
are symbols of
materialism.

4. Please, we need
computer and
Internet!
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5. New Mindset?
re-thinking?
r New perception of learning
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6. Key success:
• New mindset
• New paradigm in Learning environment and
strategy development
• Innovative thinking
• Synergy manpower & resources
• Open source application
• Appropriate communication
• Learning organization/society

7. Constructionism
Learner Learning Environment
Learning how to learn
Learning by doing

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9. ICT/ICM
Global
Knowledge
Problem
Oriented
Sustainability
Build on Selected
Existing ICT
Network &
Partnership Constructive
Learning
Reflection
Capacity
Empowerment Building
Appropriated
Technology

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Network of Learning
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Catchments area
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Check Dam Network

11. Implementation oriented
• Home based early warning station for Natural disaster: flooding,
landslide, the impact of climate change (seasoning shift)
• Understanding the in fluent of micro-climate to crop yield
• Livelihood improvement: sensor for drinking water quality test, air
quality
• Learning forest: understanding how sensitive environmental need
to be protected: ecological study of local medical plants, check
dam, digital archive of rare book
• Learning paddy: improvement of crop production in the synergy
of tacit knowledge and appropriated technology

12. No trees.....no rain....no life.....re-thinking

13. New mindset...to new mind map

14. New learning environment

16. New perspective of data approach

18. Learning by doing

19. Learning by doing.......learning together

20. Network of sharing

21. constructing

22. Constructing sustainability future

23. Ownership & inside out