This document discusses policies and issues related to internet and information communication technologies (ICT) and their implications for teaching and learning. It begins by outlining ICT policies in the Philippines, such as the Department of Information and Communications Technology roadmap. It then discusses some global issues with ICT policies, including access to the internet, infringement on civil liberties, and issues of privacy, security, and data retention. Specific examples of how these issues relate to censorship, communication privacy, and surveillance are provided. The document concludes by noting implications of ICT policies and issues for both teachers and learners, such as guidance on appropriate technology use and protection from technological hazards.

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Lesson1: Policies and Issues on
Internetand Implications to
Teaching and Learning
B y : A l v a r a d o , J a y A n n
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Lesson
Outcomes
1. Named examples of ICT Policies which are applicable
to teachingand learning.
2. Discuss someissuesthat relate to theICTPolicy
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ICT Policy
a course of action , adopted and pursued by a government,
party, ruler, statesman. It is any course of action adopted as expedient or
advantageous.
needed to put a roadmap or course of actions to be pursued an
adoptedbyvariousgovernments,organizations,entities involvingICT.
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The New ICT Technologies
1. Information Technology => includes the use of computers, which has become indispensable
in modern societies to process dataand save time and effort.
2. Telecommunication Technologies => include telephones (with fax) and the broadcasting of
radioand television often through satellites.
3. Networking Technologies => the best known of networking technologies is Internet, but has
extended to mobile phone technology. Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) satellite
communications and other forms of communications are still in their infancy.
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The DICT Roadmap
guide all agencies in the utilization, regulation and enhancement of ICT. The
ICT for Education (ICT4E) is a program under the DICT that supports all the efforts of the
education sector in incorporating the use of ICT as well as in determining and gaining
access to the infrastructure (hardware, software, and telecommunications facilities and
others).
1. ICT in Education Master plan for all levels
2. Content and Application Development
3. PheDNET
4. Established Community eLearning
5.eQuality Program
6.Digital Media ArtsProgram
7.ICT Skills Strategic Plan
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SomeIssues onICTandInternet PolicyandRegulations
Global Issues
Access and Civil Liberties are two sets of issues in ICT policy which are crucial to the
modern society. The other concern is civil liberties which refer to human rights and freedom.
These include freedom of expression, the right to privacy, the right to communicate an
intellectual propertyrights.
Access to Use of Internet and ICT. Access means the possibility for everyone to use
the internet and other media. In richer countries, basic access to internet is almost available to all
with faster broadband connections. These are still countries where access to internet is still a
challenge.
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Infringement to Civil Liberties or Human Rights. What are specific
internet issues on internet policy that have relationship to civil liberties or human
rights? Let’s studytheexamples thatfollow.
IssueNo.1:Freedom ofExpression andCensorship
1.Individualrights are givenup inorder to haveaccessto electronic
networks.
2.Censorship restricts thetransmissionof informationby blockingitor
filtering theinformation.
3.Defamationactionsmaybe used to silence critics.
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WARNING!!!
“Whenyouaresurfing theweb,youmaythinkthatyouare
anonymous,butthere are variouswaysthatinformationaboutyou
andyouractivitiescanbecollected withoutyourconsent.”
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Issue No. 2: Privacyand Security
1. For most, privacy means “personal privacy” the right of individuals not to have their home,
private life or personal life interfered with.
2. Privacy of communication refers to the protection from interference with communication
over the phone or internet. Respect for privacy of communications is an essential
prerequisite for the maintenance of human relationship via technological communications
media.
3. Information privacy is related to the use of computers and communications system which
are able to hold process information about large numbers of people at a high speed. It
important that information will only be used for purposes for which it was gathered and will
not ne disclosed toothers without consent the individuals.
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IssueNo.3:Surveillance andDataRetention
The use of electronic communications enhanced the development of
indirect surveillance. In the indirect surveillance there is no direct contact between
the agent and the subject of surveillance but evidence activities be trace. The new
and powerful form indirect surveillance is dataveillance. Dataveillance is the use of
personal information to monitor a person’s activities while data retention is the
storageanduseof informationfrom communicationsystems.
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IssueNo.4:E-pollutantsfrom E-waste
Large amount of e-waste is generated by ICT. These are in particular,
terminal equipment used for computing (PCs, laptops), broadcasting (television
and radio sets), telephony (fixed and mobile phones), and peripherals (fax
machines,printer andscanners).
The accumulated e-waste is due to rapid turnover of equipment due to
rapid improvement of software. While material waste can be destroyed by crushing,
toxic material brought about by the different equipment requires utmost
management. The quantities e-waste increasing in both developed and developing
countries.
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Implications to Teachingand Learning
How do the policy guidelines, projects and issues relate to the teaching and
learning?
There are great implications of this lesson to both the teachers who are teaching
and the learners who are learning. A few theses as follows:
For the Teachers and Teaching
1.Guide the teachers on what they should teach that relate toICT, and how toteach
it.
2.Technology should replace any human teacher.
3.There are rules and regulations that govern the use of technology.
4.All the issues and manymore shall be partof teaching content.
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For theLearners andLearning
The learners of the 21st Century are even more advanced than some of
the teachers. However, learners need still guidance how to use, regulate
technology use. As there are positive and negative effects of technology use,
learners should the difference. Learners should not only know the benefits of
technology use, but they should also know how they can protected from the
hazardsthattechnologybrings totheir lives.
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