Education and the Knowledge Society
Information Technology Supporting Human Development
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Beschreibung
Engineering the Knowledge Society (EKS) - Event of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) This book is the result of a joint event of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) and the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) held during the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva, Switzerland, December 11 - 12, 2003. The organisation was in the hands of Mr. Raymond Morel of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW). Information Technology (or Information and Communication Technology) cannot be seen as a separate entity. Its application should support human development and this application has to be engineered. Education plays a central role in the engineering of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for human support. The conference addressed the following aspects: Lifelong Learning and education,- inclusion, ethics and social impact, engineering profession, developing- society, economy and e-Society. The contributions in this World Summit event reflected an active stance towards human development supported by ICT. A Round Table session provided concrete proposals for action.
IFIP Technical Committee on Education books are among the best-selling in the IFIP series Should have an even broader reach since the conference is co-sponsored by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the United Nations Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Tom J. van Weert
Themen in »Education and the Knowledge Society«
Internet computer education ethics information society information technology social engineering technological change technology