BUILDING THE NEEDED CAPACITY FOR A SUCCESSFUL DIGITAL MIGRATION INTERVENTION FOR SOUTH AFRICA Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Communications.

BUILDING THE NEEDED CAPACITY FOR A SUCCESSFUL DIGITAL MIGRATION INTERVENTION FOR SOUTH AFRICA

Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Communications

Harold M Wesso PhD

27/28 November 2012

e-Skilling the Nation for Equitable Prosperity and Global Competitiveness

presentation outline

where are we headingdepartment’s e-skills capacity

development mandatedelivery for impact: modelopportunities going forwardecosystemlearning pathway

challengescritical success factors

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The Creative Economy…

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building an information society & knowledge economy

ITU (2011); WEF (2012)

USAGE

USAGE

e-SkillsAffordability

Individuals,Civil Society

GovernmentBusiness(incl ICT Sector)

e-READINESS Society

Economy quality of education healthy life for all safe environment decent employment a skilled and capable workforce an efficient, economic infrastructure network rural development improved quality of household life effective local government system environmental assets and natural resources a better Africa and a better world an efficient and development-oriented public service and an empowered, fair and inclusive citizenship.

IS/KE Technologies

Access

ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

INFORMATION SOCIETY AND KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY DRIVERS

IMPACT (OUTCOMES) AGAINST NATIONAL STRATEGIC

PRIORITIES

innovation

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e-skilling for an information society & knowledge society

role and purposerole and purpose

• A national catalytic collaborator, facilitator and change agent for developing e-skills capacity in the country.

DOC’s Strategic Objective: ICT as a strategic social and economic enabler for a knowledge economy:

1) ICT policy (affordability and skills) 2) national broadband network 3) digital broadcasting migration policy

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capacity development “doing with” approach

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Individual /Community

HEIs /Academia /

Civil SocietyLabour

GovernmentIncl. SOEs

Business

e-Skills Knowledge Production

Hubs

e-Skills Knowledge Production

Hubs

e-Skills Knowledge Production

Hubs

Within Organisation Collaborative Network Architectures

Inputs Outputs Outcomes Impact

Invest and ensure alignment

Development and delivery

Lead, aggregate and monitor

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where are we

Phase 1: Analysis & Design April 2012 and beyond: learning pathway identified in collaboration with industry, civil society, education and government research conducted with key players in the field (Multi-choice, NAB, etc)

Phase 2: Design and Development Phaselearning pathwaycourse contentdelivery mode:

engineering and technical (hands-on practical training)support, entrepreneurship & creative content production (online and blended)

Phase 3: Delivery for Impact Phase

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Target (new job opportunities): engineering and technical support (community support representatives) entrepreneurship content creation….creative industries

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dtt e-skills ecosystem

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e-skills for digital migration and

digitization

local content - 23 new channels

regional specific content

entrepreneurial growth (infrastructure and content)

targeted courses for the future (pedagogy and tailored skills)

innovation

better analysis business focus

workplace e-skilling

aggregation, monitoring and evaluation

ecosystem partners mapping–teaching and learning

Jobs (internships) / Workplace Experience/Experiential Learning SABC Gina Q.E.C Murad Ismail - Amrho Group HCN Maredi telecoms Cell C CSIR Robtechnik Company. Sentech TopTV Maisela first growth Mike Mpwesiwa - Tshwane

North College 4 FET MultiChoice CSIR NAMEC

Quality assurance MICT SETA Electronic assessment of skills and

knowledgeBoston City Campus

STB performance evaluation TopTV

Research, monitoring and evaluationGauteng eSkills Knowledge Production

Hub

Call Centre Mike Mpwesiwa - Tshwane North FET

College

Funding/Finance Funding - Government Incentivize FET Colleges: DoC and

DHET

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ecosystem partners mapping –teaching and learning

Training facilities  Innovate Eastern Cape Train FET College

lecturers -DoC and DHET Provide FET colleges

with electronics laboratories

Provide FET Colleges with reliable high speed broadband internet connectivity for e-learning

Content Provision Intel Application

developmentNAMEC

SNMBICTI- usage of Social Media for communications plan

SEDA Nelson Mandela Bay ICT Incubator- ITC training and development, Programme and application design,

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ecosystem partners mapping – curriculum development

Content production and creative industries Film Industry development - ECITI

General Curriculum Development Da Vinci Institute SABC University of Pretoria CSIR Kuban TopTV Kobus - Boston City Campus Cell C MultiChoice

Distribution and logistics Kuban TopTV Include the Unions 

Research and development University of Pretoria CSIR

ICT Skills - Business Skills capacitation and mentoring ECITI and ECDC EC Innovate and eMonti STP

Manufacturing process Gina Q.E.C Murad Ismail - Amrho Group

E-Learning Boston City Campus

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ecosystem partners mapping –infrastructure development

Supply chain management Kuban TopTV

Infrastructure roll out HCN FTTx from Johannesburg to

Messina - Posix/ATIS

Provide manufacturing facilities Innovate EC

Free community communication networks Leroy ATIS Telecoms

Hardware, Software and Network Infrastructure Leroy ATIS Telecoms letsatsimoya aviation

consultantsOpen Access Fibre

Networks, Wireless Networks etc for return path services Leroy ATIS Telecoms

Worldwide expertise of similar ventures Intel

Manufacturing Q.E.C

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ecosystem partners mapping – branding and marketing

Marketing, Advocacy and Communications SNMBICTI NAMEC SABC

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ecosystem partners –entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial development and business development ECITI NAMEC ISTS SNMBICTI WHITFORD GROUP Robert- Robtechnik Company IMBEWU WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT TRUST

Capacity Development UNDP

Business incubation Eastern Cape Information

Technology Initiative (ECITI) SNMBICTI Q.E.C Kuban - TopTV CSIR

Access to SMMEs and Unemployed graduates Eastern Cape Development

Corporation - NAMEC Murad Ismail - Amrho Group MICT Seta HCN MultiChoice smtdc maisela

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ecosystem partners mapping –logistics

Reverse logistics, warrantee management Kuban TopTV

Project management of roll out plan INNOVATE Eastern Cape Eastern Cape Development

Corporation in Eastern Cape

Distribution and logistics Letsatsimoya aviation

consultants

Community Liaison Onesevenone

Network infrastructure, installation and commissioning- Fibretronic

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learning pathways…job creation

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Post-Graduate Diploma in “Entrepreneurship & Creative Industries”

• learning path for diploma in digital media– Under University review to introduce a new

Post-Graduate Diploma in “Entrepreneurship and Creative Industries” under the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences – University of Pretoria

– NQF Level 7

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PGD in entrepreneurship &creative industries

• Five core modules and one or two electives • The modules are currently offered under:– PGD in entrepreneurship– BIS honours (Information Systems)– BIS honours (Multimedia)– BIS honours (Publishing)– BMus fourth year– BA honours (heritage and cultural tourism) – BCom(Informatics) honours

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PGD core modules

• ENP 821: Introduction to entrepreneurship• ENP 823: Creativity and Innovation• INY 730: Information Communication • INF713: Special topic (E-business)• INF 780: Research project

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PGD prerequisites for admission

•Defined by the relevant Heads of Department:– Any appropriate B degree – Basic computer literacy is a requirement.– Access to the Internet.

•Final selection by the HODs from the different departments offering the electives based on previous qualifications and experience

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PGD elective modules

• Music – MSC 402: Music Technology• Publishing – PUB724: Trends in publishing

and PUB 712: Advanced electronic publishing

• Multimedia – IMY 774: Virtual environments and IMY 777: Animation theory and practice

• Cultural heritage – EFK 752: Trends in heritage and cultural tourism

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immediate intervention

• Phase 1: Upskilling existing DSTV installers with DTT installations– The training would target the already trained

1,500+ installers and provide them with specific DTT technical installation training.

– DTT technical installations are similar to DSTV training and hence does not require a great degree of extra training

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immediate intervention

• Phase 2: Community Support Representatives– These are the backbone of DTT migration– The experience is derived from the MNet test

DTT installations in Soweto where it is recognised that people with DTT installation prefer to have a local community person assist them when they have problems with installation.

– Most important skill are soft community support skills

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immediate intervention

• Phase 3: New DTT Installers– This group would consist of newly trained

installers with both DTSV and DTT technical installation capabilities.

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challenges

stabilisation of infrastructure post deployment: community support

support from business in the development and execution of the agreed courseware: secondments from industry to capacitate FET colleges

selection of learners (existing and new) for skilling, reskilling and upskilling

management of internsfinance

resources and funding to be released for the execution of the programme.

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critical success factors

strengthening the role of the SOE to implement the departments mandate (PCC)

provision of adequate fundingmulti-stakeholder collaboration involving

representatives from business, education, government, civil society and organised labour

capacity development within a learning pathway i.e. from digital migration to digitization

100% installation success first time roundmonitoring and evaluation: capacity development

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