[Chapter-delegates] Membership Survey on Internet Governance

[Sivasubramanian Muthusamy]

Hello Fatima Lasay,

One proposal from ISOC India Chennai is submitted already under
"development", to be amended, improved and modified for correctness over the
next few days.

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Development

Internet in Education and Curriculum Development and Sharing: Alexandria
Everywhere

Even with an estimated 1.4 billion users connected, Internet is still a
phenomenon in its nascent phase of evolution. Internet has fostered
innovation and has caused all round progress to happen in an accelerated
pace, but the thinking that Internet makes it possible to globally
coordinate concrete developmental programs for an enhanced level of economic
progress is yet to set in.

Education is one of the areas where Internet can cause tremendous change.
Collaborative, participatory learning Models are evolving and classrooms
around the world are experimentally connected.

A concrete, globally adaptable, CO-ORDINATED  program  could bridge the gap
between quality of education between a classroom in a well funded school in
a developed country and one in an inadequately funded school in a developing
or under-developed country.  This workshop  (panel and public participation)
would examine models by which resources could be shared across Internet and
create a rough, actionable framework for educational institutions to connect
by commercial and non-commercial models and examine ways of making it
possible to expand the reach of well developed curriculum (in terms of
content, teaching methods and technology) reach remote corners on a
co-ordinated, global scale.

Workshop proposed on behalf of:  ISOC India Chennai

How this workshop will be organized: We would approach an eminent
educational institution / academic center to be the co-organizers. The lead
participants of this workshop are to have the diversity of academia from
developed and developing countries, policy planners, e-curriculum experts,
students from developed and developing countries and futuristic thinkers.
The choosen topic would also further IGF's efforts to improve the diversity
of participation by attracting participation / involving the student
community from around the world, in the preparatory phase, during IGF and in
follow up collaboration.
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In line with a chapter program with a BALANCED approach towards Online
Safety for Children, we may file a proposal for a workshop on the topic of
"Orienting Children Online" with care to give shape to the workshop as a
debate to discuss child safety aspects without sending negative signals.

Both these workshop are to draw participation from experts, likely to be
from beyond the ISOC membership pool, but with help from ISOC Chapters by
way of pointers.


Sivasubramanian Muthusamyhttp://isocmadras.blogspot.com


On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Fatima Lasay <fats at isoc.ph> wrote:

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