Day 3 WISE 2009: Peer-to-Peer Digital Communications.Summary: Emergent, revolutionary technologies such as open, accessible, peer-to-peer and social media platforms have an Emergent, revolutionary technologies such as open, accessible, peer-to-peer and social media platforms have an influential role to play in how conventional education is both taught and learned, the World Innovation Summit for Education - WISE, has heard today. An initiative of Qatar Foundation The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development is a private, chartered, non-profit organization in the state of Qatar, founded in 1995 by His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar. , WISE this morning hosted a plenary session Plenary session is a term often used in s to define the part of the conference when all members of all parties are in attendance. These sessions may contain a broad range of content from Keynotes to Panel Discussions and are not necessarily related to a specific style of delivery. dedicated to Innovation, featuring a panel of world-leading experts. Addressing the Summit, Co-founder of Twitter, Biz Stone, spoke of how, as a very simple service of rudimentary communications, Twitter has become a real-time educational tool where users help and inform each other, citing earthquakes, fuel shortages and episodes of geo-political unrest as prime examples. "It doesn't matter how many servers we add to the network; ultimately, we hope Twitter will be a triumph of humanity, not a triumph of technology," he added. Professor Sugata Mitra Sugata Mitra is the Chief Scientist at NIIT. He is the instigator of the Hole in the Wall experiment, where a computer was placed in a hole in a wall in an Indian slum, and children were allowed to freely use it. He is a leading proponent of Minimally Invasive Education. , Professor of Education, Newcastle University, and the inspiration behind the renowned movie 'Slumdog Millionaire', declared that "teachers are now no longer required to be repositories of knowledge", adding that children can learn to teach themselves and solve often complex matters if equipped and empowered with the necessary technological tools. Dr. Tidu Maini, Executive Chairman of Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP QSTP Qualified State Tuition Program QSTP Qatar Science and Technology Park QStP Quality Service through Partnership ) said that the fast pace of development of the innovation society and the widespread distribution of ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. are, in themselves, not a sufficiently sustainable educational model. He added that research-led education is the extra driver that can make an important difference if the benefits of connectivity are to be mobilized Dr. Maini added: "There is a need to create a platform of structured education combined with a new technologically-based infrastructure which can break bureaucracy and boundaries." Day three of the Summit concludes with a series of breakout sessions before a final closing session which will allow the international participants to deliver a declaration defining educational priorities for WISE. 2009 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com) 2009 Al Bawaba (Albawaba.com) Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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