Give Them the Technology and They Will Come
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Give Them the Technology and They Will Come
Chris Batt
The People’s Network
“A Bridge Across the Digital Divide”
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hours free Internet availabilityuser sessionsback into learninggained new skillIT training sessionsgot new jobssupported community activitymade new friends
The longest gap year since records began
Public value chains in a networked world
How important is technology to the
democratic process?
Politicalinfrastructure
Technology The people
Politicalinfrastructure
Technology The people
ChangeUnderstandingEmpowerment
Better livesPower?
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
educatio
n
juggernaut, in w
ith
the learning so
ciety