International Roundtable on ICT in Non-Formal
and Adult Education:
Supporting Out-of-School Youth and Adults
The International
Roundtable on "ICT in Non-Formal and Adult Education:
Supporting Out-of-School Youth and Adults," co-organized by the
OECD and the National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL) at the University
of
Pennsylvania (PENN), was held in Philadelphia, USA, on 12-14
November 2003. In addition to international country representatives,
international organizations and NGOs involved in technology and youth
and adult education participated.
This roundtable brought together policy makers, scholars, and senior
educational administrators from around the world to share recent research,
to discuss emerging policy issues, and to consider how educational and
social systems can respond to the growing challenges of ICT in support
of youth and adult learning.
Co-Sponsors: U.S.
Department of Education/Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Benton
Foundation, World Bank, InfoDev, and IBM Corporation.
For the Conference Agenda,
click here. To view
the individual draft papers, presentation, and country papers, click
on the links below. These are draft papers and not for distribution
without the authors' permission.
Opening Session Supplemental Paper:
New Technologies
for Literacy and Adult Education: A Global Perspective (pdf)
by Daniel Wagner, NCAL/University of Pennsylvania, and Robert Kozma,
SRI
Thematic Session I:
ICT in Non-Formal Youth
and Adult Education: Defining the Territory
Background Paper (pdf)
by Neil Selwyn, University of Cardiff, U.K.
Presentation (pdf
of PowerPoint)
Thematic Session II:
Adult Learning and ICT: How
to Respond to the Diversity of Needs?
Background Paper (pdf) by
Beatriz Pont and Richard Sweet, OECD, Paris
Presentation (pdf
of PowerPoint)
Discussant Paper (pdf) (Hanne Shapiro)
Country Presentations (pdf): Korea (Myung-sook
Jeannie Pang) & Norway (Olav
Vaagland)
Thematic Session III:
Connections Between In-School
and Out-of-School ICT Programs for Youth
Background Paper (pdf) by Anthony Wilhelm, Benton Foundation,
Washington, D.C.
Presentation (pdf
of PowerPoint)
Country Presentations (pdf):
European Union (Claudio
Dondi) & Austria (Mirjam
Rinderer)
Thematic Session IV:
Reaching the Most Disadvantaged With ICT: What Works?
Background Paper (pdf) by Robert Kozma,
SRI, and Daniel Wagner, NCAL/University of Pennsylvania
Presentation (pdf
of Powerpoint)
Country Presentations (pdf): Finland (Ville
Heinonen) & Northern
Ireland (Marian Cree)
Special Panel:
Innovations in Technology and Education in the U.S.
Presentation (pdf)
Thematic Session V:
Lessons on the Uses
of ICTs for Out-of-School Youth and Adults in Developing Countries
Background Paper (pdf)
by Bob Day, CSIR, S.A., and Rod Grewan, SNSA, S.A.
Presentation (pdf
of PowerPoint)
Country Presentations (pdf): Mexico (Roger
Diaz de Cossio) & China (Emily
Hannum/Xuehui An)
Roundtable Concluding Session:
ICT in Non-Formal and Adult Education: Final Perspectives
Presentation (pdf) by Stephen McNair
For more information, please contact
Aditi SEN (sen@literacy.upenn.edu)
at NCAL/PENN in Philadelphia
phone: +1 215 898 2100
fax: +1 215 898 9804.
 
 
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