2. WHY ALICT?
Knowledge is increasingly a key factor of produc/on as well as a resource
for economic and social development globally
Knowledge and innova6on based businesses are growing and have
become essen6al part of all sectors of economy
The gap between developing countries and developed countries is
widening due to the rela6vely low investments in ICT, educa/on and
science, technology and innova/on in developing countries
4. ALICT GOAL & PURPOSE
Goal
To build capacity of African leaders on ICT, Educa6on and STI for economic
and social development to become Knowledge Society leaders and agents
for change in their own country and be catalysts for regional coopera/on in
the domain
To enhance understanding why investments in educa/on, science ,
technology and innova/on are cri6cal for economic and social development
Purpose
ALICT will develop new models for knowledge society capacity building and build
the capacity of African leaders on Knowledge Society issues including establishment
of a plaForm for mul6‐stakeholder collabora/on
5. ALICT OUTPUTS & OUTCOMES
Capacity Building Model for African leaders on ICT, Educa/on, Science &
Technology, and Innova/on in the context of the Knowledge Society
ul6‐stakeholder knowledge exchange plaForm bringing together private, public
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and civil society to create Knowledge Partnerships
uild the capaci6es of 150 African leaders of ICT, Educa6on, STI in KS in domains
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of:
• Leadership capacity (including change management)
• Skills required for KS/KE development (including ICT, foresigh6ng,
strategic planning)
• Organiza6onal/ins6tu6onal development
8. Country studies
• ALICT has produced 4 country studies: needs analysis in KS
development
• These studies provide informa6on for the capacity building
needs in Knowledge Society development in the 4 countries:
South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Mauri6us
• Module development in progress, first modules and
programme structure ready in October
• Capacity building is planned to start in the 4 countries and
Kenya in January 2012
9. CAPACITY BUILDING MODULES
M 7 Knowledge Society for Africa
Policy Coherence Road Map to
M 6 ICT as a Tool for Development
Personal Leadership
Knowledge Society
M 5 Educa6on and Development
M 4 Innova6on and Management STI
ICT
M 3 Foresight and Futures Thinking
M 2 Leadership in Knowledge Society
M 1 Orienta6on
11. DETAILS
Dura/on: 7 months, 6me needed from par6cipants 10 hours
per week (es6mated)
Approach: Lectures (face to face and online), collabora6ve
projects, individual assignments, peer review, online tutoring
PlaZorms: LMS (Moodle), Alfresco Digital Library, ALICT
discussion forum
Assignments: Team work, focusing on Leadership & Change in
the KS context ; team assignments applied to Individual &
organiza6onal environment; Team work: scien6fic ar6cle in KS
context
Transversal elements added: ICT Skills Development,
Mentorship/Reflec6on Tandems, Monitoring and Evalua6on
12. QUESTIONS
What do you think that “Knowledge Society” means (or should mean) in the
African context?
Do the educa6onal strategy and policy frameworks of African countries support
the building of inclusive knowledge socie6es? What kind of role does knowledge
society development have in these kinds of policies?
What kinds of ICT‐professionals do African countries need in the near future?
Should mandatory ICT‐courses begin from the primary level?
Do you think that the chosen pedagogical and methodological approaches are valid
for ALICT’s purposes? What kind of fine‐tuning would they need (should for
example m‐learning have even more prominent role)?