Technology and Development I: Digital Inequalities Spring 2007 March 13
Technology and Development I: Digital Inequalities
Spring 2007March 13
TodayToday
Brainstorming - ColinAdventures in education & access - ColinBreakHousekeeping - Steve & ElizabethSL Report Out - GeoffDiscussion ensues - Colin
Today
Hope and Hype Meet…in Panama
Enthusiasm is promising
Institutional & pedagogical shake-up
Access, interaction, creation
v.
Implementation & management
Evaluation & assessment
Integrated sustainability
TodayPanama - Law
$80mGaceta Oficial May 9, 2002
TodayPanama - Implementation
La Prensa June 12, 2003
TodayPanama - Challenges
Access (elec, geog, net), training, curriculum integration, evaluation, partnerships
Party politics
Funding
Institutional home
Leadership and support
TodayDR Outcomes - Structures
TodayDR Outcomes - Connectivity
TodayDR Outcomes - Reactions
TodayDR - Select LessonsAs before, plus…
Planning-implementation gap
Scaling implications
Project integration/coordination
School & community participation
Continued enthusiasm
…and similar results in limited Panama efforts to date
TodayHope and HypeAssessment, planning, evaluation, etc.
Efforts at curriculum dev’t and training
National models – Canada, Costa Rica, Chile, Namibia
Int’l efforts – UNESCO-Bk, Global e-schools, OLPC
University support
TodayHope and Hype Spotted Again
Creating Access, Value and Profits with Rural ICT Services
Hypothesis: The Internet is POWER
Hypothesis is largely untested in rural contextDevelopment Community is slow/ineffectivePrivate sector is still unconvinced/unable
Opportunity knocks: CableSTD/PCOSMS/wirelessPrepaid
SARI: Sustainable Access in Rural India
Demonstrate the sustainability of rural ICT servicesShow a relationship between ICTs and social and economic developmentLearn from cable & STD/PCO success
(with M. Best, A. Jhunjhunwala & J. Sinha)
WLL Village Tele-kiosks
Provide Internet (via WLL/CorDECT), PC, and application suite (an Internet tele-kiosk) to villages - many off the phone grid
Village Internet tele-kiosks are locally owned and operated (franchise model)
Business Model
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LSP 1 LSP 2 LSP 3
kiosk kiosk kiosk kiosk kiosk
Services Revenues
Entrepreneurship: Rosie, Razak
Assorted TalesEducational bookletsLocal sourcingEgov effortsHealth, Medicine, Prices
Some ApplicationsEducation & Training: Practice exams, exam results, MSOffice, academicsCommunications: e-mail, voice & video mail, chatE-government services: Caste certificates, income, birth, death, pension schemes, complaints, petitionsHealth/Livelihood: Veterinary, health, agriculture, market prices, transportation tickets, commercial services, insurance, bankingEntertainment: Movies, astrology, games, photographs
Remote Teaching: Tutorials
Agricultural/Veterinary
After
Before
Health
Entertainment
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Chiraag Newspaper^
Services availed
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Communication e-Governance Agriculture Others
Social benefitsLower strata
E-Gov applicationsPensionsCertificates
Aravind Eye care Middle /Upper Strata
Agri solutionsEducationCommunication
C2G CommunicationFaster and better interaction
Micro Business ModelCapital costs:
wiring, furniture $300kiosk equipment $1,000other $300
Recurrent costs (monthly):rent, elec., maintenance $25 Internet $15Interest and depreciation $28
Break-even revenue (no labor) $68 (monthly), $ 2.70 (daily)
Randomly Assorted LessonsServices not what you expectScaling is hardChoose partners wiselyBuy decent equipmentFinancing mattersLocal, local, localBeware too much attentionPatience / No meteringCaste and gender less importantKiosk location/access is criticalOperator attitude training, buy-in, ongoing support are essential