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Developing Cyberliteracy: Navigating ICTs in Daily Life

Explore the evolution of cyberliteracy to empower active citizenship in the digital age. From Information Highway Policy to Broadband Task Force, delve into public interest debates and policy initiatives shaping Canada's digital landscape.

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Developing Cyberliteracy: Navigating ICTs in Daily Life

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  1. Cyberliteracy • How can we develop a new critical literacy for dealing with ICTs in our daily lives? • How can we become active participants & citizens – not just passive consumers? • Where’s the public interest? • Contains elements of both print & spoken word; ‘new media’ incorporates elements of ‘old media’

  2. Elements of ‘cyberspace’ • Speed • Reach • Anonymity • Interactivity

  3. Canada & ‘Information Highway’ Policy • 1994 – IHAC, CRTC report • Climate of deregulation, privatization, competition • Technological euphoria • Technological convergence

  4. Information Policy Initiatives • Behind Closed Doors: IHAC • Composition of group industry-led • Rallying of public interest groups in response

  5. IHAC Objectives • 1.Creating jobs through innovation & investment • 2. Reinforcing Canadian sovereignty and cultural identity • 3. Ensuring universal access at reasonable cost

  6. IHAC Principles • 1.Interconnected & interoperable network of networks • 2. Collaborative public & private sector development • 3. Competition in facilities, products, services • 4. Privacy protection, network security • 5. Lifelong learning key design element

  7. IHAC Working Groups • Access & social impact • Canadian content & culture • Competitiveness & job creation • Learning & training • Research & development • Applications & market development

  8. Some dissension… • Parrot from Canadian Labour Congress issued minority report – objective to IHAC’s market-driven recommendations • Concern re labour standards w/ telework, call centers…

  9. CRTC Report - • Competition & Culture on Canada’s Information Highway • Public consultation • Echoed IHAC’s recommendations

  10. Public Interest Players • Coalition for Public Information • Telecommunities Canada • Alliance for a Connected Canada • Electronic Public Space Steering Group • Public Interest Advocacy Centre

  11. Access debates • How to define? • Technical infrastructure • Social infrastructure • Market forces? • New types of literacy…

  12. Latest…2001 • Broadband Task Force • Recommends deployment of broadband in remote & rural communities…. • $$$$$ • Should government pay, private industry?? • Lukewarm response….and now, in light of 9-11….

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