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SARA MOREIRA ¹ ▫ FRANCISCO RESTIVO¹ ▫ FRANCISCO DIONÍSIO²1 Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Portugal.2 Departamento de Matemática, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

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ABSTRACTABSTRACTABSTRACTABSTRACT

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SUMMARYSUMMARYSUMMARYSUMMARY

1. What is a Digital Divide Context?2. Building a country

• East Timor• University in East Timor

3. E-Learning Project• Moodle @ UNTL

4. Next steps• Visioning a sustainable future

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DIGITAL DIVIDEDIGITAL DIVIDEDIGITAL DIVIDEDIGITAL DIVIDE

• Why technology when there is poverty?• What are the challenges that technology

needs to face?

«There currently exists a gapbetween people who enjoy thebenefits of technology and thosewhose lives could besignificantly improved by it.»

Source: Digital Divide NetworkSource: slideshare.net/nextbyramla

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EAST TIMOR EAST TIMOR EAST TIMOR EAST TIMOR

• The first country of the millennium• Much to do in the telecommunications and ICT

sector• Scarce resources• Available to only few people

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• Higher Education in Timor– UNTL– The language

• Building partnerships– Portuguese Cooperation Programme /

FUP / UNTL– University courses in Portuguese at UNTL

• Act in prioritary fields of study• Train timorese teachers for the future

(Professora Sara)

HIGHER EDUCATION

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To support the future- Keep the right data at the right

place- And keep it safe

WHY?

To teach- Providing more contents to the

students- Enhancing their contact with ICT

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Team: Sara, Zulmira, Euclides e Augusto

PLANNING

MOODLE @ UNTLMOODLE @ UNTLMOODLE @ UNTLMOODLE @ UNTL

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ADMINISTRATION

MOODLE @ UNTLMOODLE @ UNTLMOODLE @ UNTLMOODLE @ UNTL

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CASE STUDY: OPERATING SYSTEMS

MOODLE @ UNTLMOODLE @ UNTLMOODLE @ UNTLMOODLE @ UNTL

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CASE STUDY: SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS

MOODLE @ UNTLMOODLE @ UNTLMOODLE @ UNTLMOODLE @ UNTL

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USERS TRAINING

MOODLE @ UNTLMOODLE @ UNTLMOODLE @ UNTLMOODLE @ UNTL

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Have used a computer andhave created an email account for the firsttime in 2005 but don’thave one

CONCERNING MOODLE…

Have found it intuitiveAgree that it has

enhanced theirlearning and it willallow them to findbetter & more jobs

Have become more confident about ICT

FROM THE STUDENTS POINT OF VIEW, A SURVEY

Usaste o Moodle para:

55%

64%

55%

36%

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Participar emactividadesdas aulas

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Página / Blogpessoal

MOST PART OF THE STUDENTS…

HAVE NOT used Moodle after OS, thoughthey WOULD LIKE TO , reportedly.

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NEXT STEPSNEXT STEPSNEXT STEPSNEXT STEPS

• University: Make it sustainable– Moodle @ UNTL

• Timor Leste: recognize the main role played by ICT for development– Creative solutions for ICT sector in Timor– Train people

VISIONING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE…

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• Digital literacy and distance learning enhance development

• Supporting infrastructures are missing• Making information available does not have

to be expensive– Moodle is open source free software

• People are needed to produce / reuse meaningful contents

CONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONS

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