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KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
(MASYARAKAT BERPENGETAHUAN)
Editing Oleh :
Prof. Dr. Yusufhadi Miarso M,Sc.
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KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
- Society whereas its members are able to participate in the devel-opment process by mastering the necessary skills base and by having the access to information
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KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY ISSUES
- …the most fundamental resource in the modern economy is the knowledge, and accordingly, … the most important process (of economic development) is learning
- …learning is predominantly interactive and, therefore, a socially embodied process (Lundvall, 1992)
- The comparative advantage that now counts is the applications of knowledge (Drucker, 1994)
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KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY ISSUES
- “Creating successful knowledge society is mainly caring for and empowerment of people
- The use of ICT is necessary as a tool for the creation of knowledge society. However, it is only a small percentage of the overall endeavor
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KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY ISSUES
- ICT have enormous potential, especially for developing countries, and in furthering sustainable development (Annan)
- Although the costs of using ICTs to build national information infrastructure which can contribute to “innovative knowledge societies” are high, the costs of not doing so are likely to be much higher (UNCSTD)
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KEY ISSUES IN CREATING A KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
- Policy and Regulatory Frameworks
- Access
- Participation
- The Skills base
- ICT Issues
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KEY ISSUES IN CREATING A KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
- Policy and Regulatory Frameworks (1)
- Creating the right enabling environment
- Ensuring correct government interventions
- Developing the national skills base
- Ensuring the ICT infrastructural basis
- Copyright and IPR issues
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KEY ISSUES IN CREATING A KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
- Policy and Regulatory Frameworks(2)
- National Information [ICT] strategy
- Defining an appropriate government role
- Deregulation VS Monopoly
- Role of Private sector
- Coordinating public / private sector collaboration
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KEY ISSUES IN CREATING A KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
- Access
- How do communities gain access to the Knowledge Society?
- Telecentres/Community Resources Centers
- Libraries (Public/University/School)
- Cyber cafes
- Telephone Centers
- Mass Media, especially radio
- There is a need to invest in an ‘access infrastructure’ which is sustainable and affordable
- Ability to interpret and respond to information related technology
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KEY ISSUES IN CREATING A KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
- Participation
- How do communities participate in the Knowledge Society?
- Local content creation
- Knowledge networks and sharing knowledge across communities
- People need to participate in and not just be recipients of the Information Society
- Interaction between communities, government officials, elected representatives and Civil Society figures (e.g. Religious Leader)
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KEY ISSUES IN CREATING A KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
- The Skills base
- Ensure that people have the necessary skills to participate at all levels of society
- Changing the culture in which people communicate and share ideas and knowledges
- Goverments, NGOs, Media and private sector need to invest training programmes and awareness raising
- Demystify information technologies is key
- Literacy and numeracy and critical faculties related to assessing the value and validity of informaton
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KEY ISSUES IN CREATING A KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
- ICT issues
- Getting the right policy and regulatory environment
- Creating sustainable telecoms infrastructure
- Creating the right pricing mechanisms
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