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Item Free/Open Source Software - A General Introduction(UNDP-APDIP, Kuala Lumpur, MY, 2004) Wong, Kenneth; Sayo, PhetThe world of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) changes rapidly. New technologies and with them, new opportunities, come and go at an ever increasing speed. The Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement is one such development that is playing out before us today. It is many things - revolutionary development process, disruptive technology, ideological movement, new knowledge and standards, and more. It offers many opportunities for governmental, private sector, and educational institutions. Organizations, as well as developing nations, that take advantage of FOSS and implement them appropriately stand to gain much, while those that fail to take advantage of this opportunity may find their ICT development lagging behind that of comparable organizations...Item Free/Open Source Software - Education(United Nations Development Programme-Asia Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP), Kuala Lumpur, MY, 2004) Tong, Tan WooiFree/Open Source Software (FOSS) is a recent phenomenon that has the potential to revolutionize the software industry. It has already gained a strong foothold in the server software segment, with a leading market share worldwide in some software categories. It is also gaining ground in desktop applications and it has been predicted that its use on the desktop will become significant in the near future. Interest in FOSS is growing globally, particularly in developing countries. Governments are considering policies to promote its use, businesses are recognizing its potential and various other sectors are giving increasing attention to the opportunity for localization that it presents. The impact of FOSS will be felt in many areas. In this primer we focus on FOSS in education and the role it can play in schools, colleges and universities. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have the potential to improve the quality of education. However, educational institutions are often faced with financial constraints. Competing demands for resources and the high costs of ICTs can be a major obstacle to providing ICT facilities in educational institutions. FOSS has the potential to help lower the cost barrier by reducing the cost of software, which is an important component of ICT facilities.Besides the cost benefits, there are numerous other advantages in using FOSS in education, including pedagogical benefits. This primer is intended to help policy-makers and decision-makers understand the potential use of FOSS in education—where and how it can be used, why it should be used, and what issues are involved. In particular, officials in ministries of education, school and university administrators, academic staff and researchers should find this primer useful. This primer is part of a series of primers on Free/Open Source Software brought to you by the International Open Source Network (IOSN), an initiative of the UNDP’s Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP).We would like to thank all those who have been involved in the creation of this primer. We would also like to thank the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada for their generous financial support without which this primer would not have been written.Item Via Africa: Creating local and regional IXPs to save money and bandwidth(ITU, Geneva, CH, 2005) International Telecommunication UnionItem African Tertiary Institutions Connectivity Survey (ATICS) - 2006 Report(2006) Gakio, KaranjaItem Free/Open Source Software - Open Standards(United Nations Development Programme – Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP), 2006) Hoe, Nah SooThis primer is part of a series of primers on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) from IOSN serving as introductory documents to FOSS in general, as well as covering particular topic areas that are deemed important to FOSS such as open standards. Open standards are not the same as FOSS. However, like FOSS, they can minimize the possibility of technology and vendor lock-ins and level the playing field. They can also play an important role in promoting the interoperability of FOSS and proprietary software and this is crucial in the current, mixed Information technology (IT) environment. Being a primer in the IOSN FOSS series, the issues concerning open standards are approached from the FOSS and software perspectives and emphasis is given to the relationship that some of these standards have with FOSS. The definition of an open standard has generated much controversy with regard to whether it should contain patents licensed under reasonable and non-discriminatory (RAND) terms. The FOSS community, in general, is of the view that such RAND-encumbered standards should not be considered as open standards but most of the standards development organizations and bodies do accept patents available under RAND terms in their standards. The primer has incorporated definitions of open standards from both sides and also put into perspective the minimal characteristics that an open standard should have. It is hoped that this primer will provide the reader with a better understanding as to why open standards are important and how they can complement FOSS in fostering a more open IT environment. As users and consumers, the readers of this primer should demand from their software, conformance to open standards as far as possible. In addition to promoting interoperability and making more choices available, this will make it easier for FOSS to co-exist and take root in environments filled with proprietary software.Item Using ICT to reduce transaction costs in agriculture through better communication: A case-study from Sri Lanka(LIRNEasia, Colombo, LK, 2008) de Silva, Harsha; Ratnadiwakara, DimuthuThis paper considers the specific role of information and communication technologies [ICT] in reducing transaction costs in agriculture by enabling timely and affordable communication. Segmenting transaction costs in to several components, the paper isolates the costs associated with information search as the specific costs that could be influenced through ICT. Analyzing the findings of a case study among a group of smallholder vegetable farmers in Sri Lanka the paper identifies the specific information needs of these farmers along the agriculture value chain starting with the decision on the crop to be planted and ending with the sale of produce at the wholesale market and measures the information search costs associated with this group of farmers. The paper concludes by indicating the possibility of dramatic reductions of transaction costs with the use of ICT to reduce information search costs to enable greater farmer participation in commercial agriculture as opposed to subsistence farming that continue to force so many farmers in developing countries in to poverty.Item Debates teóricos entorno al vínculo de los jóvenes con las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC)(2009) Aguerre, Carolina; Benítez Larghi, Sebastián; Calamari, Marina; Fontecoba, Ariel; Gaztañaga, Miguel; Moguillansky, Marina; Orchuela, Jimena; Ponce de León, JimenaItem Problemas teórico-metodológicos en los estudios de la apropiación de las tecnologías de información y comunicación en el caso de jóvenes de sectores populares urbanos(2009) Aguerre, Carolina; Benítez Larghi, Sebastián; Calamari, Marina; Fontecoba, Ariel; Moguillansky, Marina; Orchuela, Jimena; Ponce de León, Jimena; Winocur Iparraguirre, RosalíaItem Tinker.Solder.Tap: a graphic novel(Sarai-CSDS, Delhi, IN, 2009) Prasad, Bhagwati; Kumar, Amitabh; Sarda, ShvetaThe illustrations convey a vivid sense of local street life and changing technologies in India. The book is loaded with intertwined stories of innovation in school, home, civic, and street life, often determined by people’s taste for videos, CD’s, new music and the underground markets available to produce them. The graphic novel presentation of research allows the reader to “be there” with the information and reflections of the author as well as the people who inhabit these stories.Item Digital Storm: A Graphic Novel on the Social and Cultural Lives of Media Piracy(2009) Prasad, Bhagwati; Kumar, AmitabhItem Proceedings and report of the 2nd UbuntuNet Alliance Annual Conference, 12th to 13th November 2009, Hotel Africana, Kampala, Uganda(UbuntuNet Alliance Secretariat, Lilongwe, MW, 2009) Banda, Tiwonge Msulira; Kimbugwe, NatalieUbuntuNet-Connect is a series of annual conferences, organized by UbuntuNet Alliance. The theme of this conference (2009) was “Opening New Frontiers for Research and Education Networking in Africa.” The paper provides detailed descriptions and summaries of presentations on topics such as fibre optic cable (SEACOM), infrastructure, regional networks, telecommunications markets, policy and regulation, partnerships and linkages, connectivity and content development.Item UbuntuNet Alliance updates : implementing CORENA; phase 1 output and phase 2 plans, FEAST Meeting, Kampala(UbuntuNet Alliance, Lilongwe, MW, 2009) Tusubira, F.F.The objective of Consolidating Research and Education Networking in Africa (CORENA) is to encourage and enable the integration of African institutions into global research and education. This requires provision of intra-African connectivity and access to sufficient and affordable bandwidth. The presentation reviews outcomes and outputs of the CORENA initiative and the Ubuntu Network.Item UFE como proceso de evaluación : informe segunda Reunión: Primer acercamiento a las Preguntas Clave de la Evaluación(Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Buenos Aires, AR, 2009) Navas, Joaquin; Ramirez, RicardoItem NUANCE : newsletter of UbuntuNet Alliance; networks, collaboration, education, volume 2, issue 4, August 2009(UbuntuNet Alliance, Lilongwe, MW, 2009) UbuntuNet AllianceA national policy dialogue meeting was held to discuss ways and means of establishing a National Research and Education Network (NREN). Participants from public universities, private universities, research institutes, the ministries in charge of education, scientific research and ICT, the Government ICT Agency, the Telecommunication Regulatory Agency and developing partners attended the meeting (2009). The participants decided to work together towards the establishment of a Senegalese Research and Education Network; a Steering Committee was established as well as 3 working groups on governance, technical issues and content. Other initiatives are also reviewed.Item Consolidating Research and Education Networking in Africa (CORENA) : report of Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop (9th -10th September 2009, Nairobi, Kenya)(Secretariat, UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking, 2009) UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking. SecretariatThis Consolidating Research and Education Networking in Africa (CORENA) report describes the process and outcome of a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) workshop in Nairobi (Kenya). The focus was on validating a general methodology proposed in the M&E framework, defining outcomes/indicators, and providing clarity and specificity on M&E parameters, that the framework has so far defined only at a broad level. The design of the workshop was based on the Outcome Mapping (OM) workshop approach. The report outlines sessions with brief summaries of presentations.Item Parecer sobre a legislação do Estado do Rio de Janeiro relativa à formalização de eventos artísticos(FGV DIREITO RIO, Rio de Janeiro, BR, 2009) Moncau, Luiz FernandoItem Internet2 update : maximizing university-community partnerships through broadband development(Internet2, 2010) Fox, LouisThe presentation advocates for “a people network that makes the technical network useful” in higher education and economic development. Broadband links would be non-profit, public purpose and facilitate an active community of users as important as the network itself, for instance in terms of self help, virtual help desk, experiments, collaboration, problem solving, and training. At this point (2010) over 66,000 anchor institutions are connected (schools, colleges, universities, libraries, museums). The presentation reviews advances and applications in interoperable networks.Item Welcome address by Prof. Z.D. Kadzamira, Chairman, UA, at the UbuntuNet Connect 2010(2010) Kadzamira, Z.D.These are opening remarks at the UbuntuNet Connect conference (2010). Tertiary Education and Research Network (TENET) is a founding member of the UbuntuNet Alliance. Other guests of the conference presented details of their research networks operations and policies.Item Outsourcing y clusters de software en Argentina y Brasil(Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), México, MX, 2010) Bastos Tigre, Paulo; Lèbre La Rovere, Renata; Lima Teixeira, Francisco; López, Andrés; Ramos, Daniela; Bercovich, Néstor; González, LeonelItem Regulation environment in Africa(African Union Commision, 2010) Bayingana, MosesThe African Union Commission reports on Africa’s Information and Communication Technology programmes and the need for a policy and regulatory harmonization framework. The presentation focuses on activities and aims related to development of regulatory guidelines at regional and continental levels; developing models of legislation at regional and continental level; and establishing mechanisms to encourage and strengthen stakeholders’ participation in the process.