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Education And The Knowledge Society »
Authors: Tom J. Van Weert (Editor), Tom J. Van Weert (Editor), Tom J. Weert
ISBN-13: 9781402077555, ISBN-10: 1402077556
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Date Published: October 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Tom J. Van Weert
Book Synopsis
This book presents a cross-section of educational implications of the Knowledge Society (or Information Society), an emerging society in which Information and Communication Technology plays an important role. The book addresses: Lifelong Learning and education, e-inclusion, ethics and social impact, the role of engineering, economy and e-Society. It also includes concrete project proposals to address these issues in educational practice.
The book contains the contributions to the Forum "Engineering the Knowledge Society", one of the events of the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS), Geneva, December 2003.
Table of Contents
| A comprehensive synthesis of research : information and communication technology in education | 3 | |
| Lifelong learning in the knowledge society : implications for education | 15 | |
| Collective intelligence and capacity building : in a networked society | 27 | |
| eTampere : social engineering of the knowledge society | 35 | |
| Information : a strategic resource for technological change | 47 | |
| Preserving information | 57 | |
| Towards an indigenous vision for the information society | 67 | |
| Vulnerabilities of information technologies : impact on the information society | 81 | |
| Professional deontology, self-regulation and ethics in the information society | 93 | |
| Developments in the fields of software engineering : professionalism, standards and best practice | 109 | |
| The role of IEEE computer society in the information age | 123 | |
| Managing ICT skills profiles | 133 | |
| Enabling ICT adoption in developing knowledge societies | 145 | |
| Sustainable development and the information society : from Rio to Geneva | 157 | |
| The "E-well" : ICT-enabled integrated, multisectorial development of rural areas in the least developed countries | 167 | |
| Networked economy : effects on organisational development and the role of education | 177 | |
| Understanding and interpreting the drivers of the knowledge economy | 189 | |
| Beyond technology : mankind as an end, or the end of mankind? | 203 | |
| Social engineering of the Internet in developing areas | 213 | |
| The "four pillars" and E-education for all | 225 | |
| E-solidarity, a means of fighting against FGM (female genital mutilation) | 231 | |
| An indigenous approach to bridging the digital divide | 237 | |
| E-well : multi-sectoral development of rural areas | 241 | |
| Cybertroc : a barter system for the information society | 244 | |
| Cyber inclusion through activity | 247 | |
| Exploring dilemmas : ethics, social values and E-society | 253 | |
| Network-blended education of tomorrow | 257 | |
| ICTs for education and development in rural communities | 265 | |
| Just in time support for educational leadership | 271 | |
| UNESCO - IFIP youth declaration : IFIP World Computer Congress 2002 | 281 | |
| Vilnius declaration : IFIP world information technology forum (WITFOR) | 285 | |
| Carthage declaration : on the digital divide : World Congress on the digital divide | 297 | |
| Vienna declaration : on wireless local area networks (WLANs) : conference on security in wireless local area networks | 301 |
Subjects
Education & Teaching
Educational Levels & Settings Adult & Continuing Education
Engineering Social & Cultural Aspects of Technology Social Aspects of Technology
Entertainment Media Communications - General & Miscellaneous
Nonfiction Social Sciences Media & Communications
Nonfiction Social Sciences General & Miscellaneous
Science & Nature Social Sciences Media & Communications
Science & Nature Social Sciences General & Miscellaneous
Social Sciences Media & Communications Communications - General & Miscellaneous
Nonfiction Entertainment Media
Educational Levels & Settings Adult & Continuing EducationEngineering
Social & Cultural Aspects of Technology Social Aspects of TechnologyEntertainment
Media Communications - General & MiscellaneousNonfiction
Social Sciences Media & CommunicationsNonfiction
Social Sciences General & MiscellaneousScience & Nature
Social Sciences Media & CommunicationsScience & Nature
Social Sciences General & MiscellaneousSocial Sciences
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