Education and the Knowledge Society Information Technology supporting human development /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Weert, Tom J. van (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, 161
• Subjects: Physics.; Computers.; Education > Data processing.; Computers and civilization.; Educational technology.; Science > Social aspects.; Societal Aspects of Physics.; Theory of Computation.; Computing Milieux.; Computers and Society.; Computers and Education.; Educational Technology.

Engineering the Knowledge Society (EKS) - Event of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) This book is the result of a joint event of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) and the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) held during the World Summit o...

Table of Contents:

• A comprehensive synthesis of research
• A comprehensive synthesis of research
• Lifelong Learning in the Knowledge Society
• Lifelong Learning in the Knowledge Society
• Collective intelligence and capacity building
• Collective intelligence and capacity building
• ETampere
• ETampere
• Information: a strategic resource for technological change
• Information: a strategic resource for technological change
• Preserving information
• Preserving information
• Towards an Indigenous vision for the Information Society
• Towards an Indigenous vision for the Information Society
• Vulnerabilities of information technologies
• Vulnerabilities of information technologies
• Professional deontology, self-regulation and ethics in the Information Society
• Professional deontology, self-regulation and ethics in the Information Society
• Developments in the fields of Software Engineering
• Developments in the fields of Software Engineering
• The role of IEEE computer society in the Information Age
• The role of IEEE computer society in the Information Age
• Managing ICT skills profiles
• Managing ICT skills profiles
• Enabling ICT adoption in developing Knowledge Societies
• Enabling ICT adoption in developing Knowledge Societies
• Sustainable development and the Information Society
• Sustainable development and the Information Society
• The “e-well”
• The “e-well”
• Networked economy
• Networked economy
• Understanding and interpreting the drivers of the Knowledge Economy
• Understanding and interpreting the drivers of the Knowledge Economy
• Beyond technology
• Beyond technology
• Social engineering of the Internet in developing areas
• Social engineering of the Internet in developing areas
• Project Proposals
• The “four pillars” and e-education for all
• E-solidarity, a means of fighting against FGM (Female Genital Mutilation)
• An indigenous approach to bridging the digital divide
• E-well: Multi-sectoral development of rural areas
• Cybertroc: A barter system for the Information Society
• Cyber inclusion through activity
• Exploring dilemmas: Ethics, social values and e-Society
• Network-blended education of tomorrow
• ICTs for education and development in rural communities
• Just in Time Support for Educational Leadership
• Declarations
• Unesco — IFIP Youth declaration
• Vilnius declaration
• Carthage declaration
• Vienna Declaration.