literacy bridge pics 2010 02 03
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lots of pics of Literacy Bridge's history (very little text)TRANSCRIPT
Access to Knowledge in Impoverished Rural Areas
Cliff SchmidtLiteracy Bridge
Executive Director
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Google: “to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.”
Wikimedia Foundation:“to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content…and to disseminate it effectively and globally.”
Context
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Problem:
Illiteracy and Access to Knowledge
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R&D
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ProgramImplementation
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Results
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“The advent of universally accessible information and knowledge…low-cost hardware…all present a real opportunity to developing countries to employ ICT to lift the quality of education and make it universally accessible. The Talking Book, for example, uses a low-cost audio device to provide affordable access to literacy learning tools and relevant locally created knowledge in regions with the least infrastructure.”
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