Give Them the Technology and They Will Come

Chris Batt

The People’s Network

“A Bridge Across the Digital Divide”

200,000,000 50,000,000

100,000 250,000 400,000

40,000200,000100,000

hours free Internet availabilityuser sessionsback into learninggained new skillIT training sessionsgot new jobssupported community activitymade new friends

The longest gap year since records began

Public value chains in a networked world

How important is technology to the

democratic process?

Politicalinfrastructure

Technology The people

Politicalinfrastructure

Technology The people

ChangeUnderstandingEmpowerment

Better livesPower?

BARRIERS

Mechanisms for engagement

Motivation

Relevance

Value (return on investment)

BARRIERS

Mechanisms for engagement

Motivation

Relevance

Value (return on investment)

The land of informed

bewilderment

Digital inclusion stretches much further than the screen

The Web we have now will not be the Web of the future

There has to be a more radical debate concerning outcomes

Public policy must embrace the whole value chain from citizen to decision

It must be a journey of equals

An e-Bay for learning

Learning opportunities modelled on large-scale, multi-player

games

YouLearn video site where learners could post their own solutions

A We-Think approach will offer learning all over, all the time, in a wide variety of settings, for a wide

variety of people, more tailored to small groups and individual needs

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