A vision for using a web 2.0 media ecosystem for ICT4D in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India for the eGyankendra and SEWAA groups.

1. eGyanKendra Media
Ecology
A Media Ecology Strategy for Development Using
ICT4D and M4D
Prepared by Jan Herder
for eGyankendra/SEWAA
October 31, 2010
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2. Key Ideas
• Pay the People of Dehradun to build a Knowledge Base using micro
payments over the cell phone ( $ from Dedicated Tourist Tax, Grants,
Advertising, etc)
• Creative Economy and Self Reliant Approach to Education and Development
(Eco-tourism,Value added agriculture, Development focused contests,
collaborative competition--etc)
• Local/Global “Do ItYourself University:Teaching/Learning Economy:
Leveraging Open Education Resources”
• Incubate eCommerce sites hyperlocally:We start with eGyanKendra’s
Telecenter network
• Network existing Schools,Telecenters, Libraries, etc to stimulate creativity in
all sectors.

3. The Challenge:
To Generate and Aggregate Content from your Network of Telecenters,
Schools, Libraries and Communities
Every Component of the ecology--both virtual and physical, has
economic generating attributes
Content is Geo-located and enhanced through Participative Planning
Geographical Information Systems: the sacredness of Place
http://www.iapad.org/

4. Bio Regional Inventory
Building
• A Knowledge Base is the Foundation for
wealth in a Global Knowledge Economy.
How Do We Build Wealth?

5. HyperLocal Knowledge
Intimate and detailed content from every place in Dehradun

6. Languages and Culture of Place-- sustainable
resources of the 21st Century Knowledge
Economy
We Build it From
the Bottom Up

7. OPEN EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
FREE

8. iTunes University
http://itunes.stanford.edu/

9. Start With What you Have
Inventories and Stories are the beginning of the
Knowledge Base

10. eGyankendra’s Media Ecosystem
Facebook
eGyanKendra
Social Networking and Marketplace
Twitter
http://twitter.com/eGyankendra
www.egyankendra.org
Monetized Google Site
Donation Button & other income streams
under construction
www.sewaa.org
Official Site
Donation Button, Links
Picasa/Panoramio
Geo tagged images
YouTube
Geo Tagged
Videos
LMS
Learning Management
System
FOSS/Moodle
http://www.wiziq.com/
Blogs/ Networks
nings
Forums
People of Uttarakhand and Global, Collaboratively Generated Content
Knowledge Base
Wiki
http://egyankendra.wikispaces.com/
egyankendraweb@gmail