Session 2: update at the global level

Basheerhamad Shadrach and Tess Camba

Session 2: Global update

… a social investment program that aims to improve the capacity and sustainability of telecentres around the world.

telecentre.org …

Session 2: Global update

telecentre.org Academy: the evolution

• The idea

• The concept

• The framework

• The organic growth

• The building blocks

• The evolution

Session 2: Global update

telecentre.org Academy: the idea (Oct-Nov 2006)

• A brief discussion at Microsoft India office• An ideation meeting in Delhi in November

2006 – Referred to as the First Stakeholder meeting of

telecentre Academy

• Endorsement of the idea• Formation of the Delhi Taskforce for

telecentre Academy• Definition of the concept

Session 2: Global update

telecentre.org Academy: the concept (Nov 2006)

• The telecentre animator is like Robinson Crusoe – alone, with no time and no resources. We need to change the scenario – Marc Botella, Fundacion Esplai.

• The World Telecentre Academy would promote “an open and continuous (learning) system driven by telecentre networks, universities and governments around the world.” – Karishma Kiri, Microsoft Corporation

• The WTA should aim to build the capacity of telecentre workers to command the same kind of respect from the community that the temple priest used to enjoy in the past – Professor V K Samaranayake, ICTA, Sri Lanka

Session 2: Global update

telecentre.org Academy: the framework (Feb 2007)

• The Delhi Taskforce responds with a GTA framework– Mission statement; Objectives of GTA– Membership; Guiding principles– Working structure– Responsibilities at global level– Responsibilities at national level– The Roadmap

• Suggested an official launch at the GK3 conference in Kuala Lumpur

Session 2: Global update

telecentre.org Academy: the organic growth (2007-08)

• National academies in action• Launch of JTTS in February 2007; range of CB

activities for NVA Fellows• India-Philippines meeting in May 2007• Capacity Building discussions at national and

regional levels• Cooperation agreement between FE and Colnodo• Second academy in Colombia; Third in the

Philippines• Global meeting on telecentre.org Academy in Kuala

Lumpur in December 2007• Meetings with MIT, intel, Microsoft in February 2008

Session 2: Global update

telecentre.org Academy: the organic growth (2007-08)

• Colombian stakeholders meeting in March 2008• Chilean stakeholders meeting in March 2008• Brazilian Academy bilateral meetings in May 2008• Peruvian consultation in May 2008• East African consultation in June 2008• Bolivian discussions and Esplai partnership• Unesco-telecentre.org initial agreement in August 2008• Launch of SuNTA at eIndia in August 2008• Mozambican consultation in August 2008• Curriculum Commons Grant in August 2008• Sri Lankan online consultation in September 2008

Session 2: Global update

telecentre.org Academy: the organic growth (2007-08)

• The idea, the concept, the framework, the definition and the charter

• National academies – a critical mass• Curriculum Commons• Global knowledge sharing platform

– Ning site; OTP customised site for curriculum sharing

• Ideas for LMS at the global level• Global certification and accreditation scheme• Global governance and support services• Fundraising and business planning• Evaluation plan

Session 2: Global update

telecentre.org Academy: the definition (November 2007)

• Telecentre.org academy is a function of telecentre.org that is aimed to support the growing capacity needs of grassroots telecentre workers by establishing national and regional capacity building and learning programs, and by coordinating, generating and optimizing resources as well as promoting knowledge sharing on training and capacity building among telecentre.org Academies around the world. This function is complimented by developing “quality seals” which will promote telecentre.org academy certificates and guarantee that they become a trusted brand; the quality of these certificates will be ensured by accreditation criteria

– Basheerhamad Shadrach, telecentre.org Academy

Session 2: Global update

telecentre.org Academy: the evolution (2007-08)

• Natural selection phenomenon• Adaptation Phenomenon• Generic drift phenomenon• Modern evolutionary synthesis

– Retain birth specialities; Study of populations in the field– Evolution is gradual; Genetic diversity leads to evolution of

new kind, even revolutions

• Further advances– Definition of global character of populations– Definition of Altruism– Speciation – the global phenomenon?

• Developing natural speciation and avoiding artificial speciation

Session 2: Global update

telecentre.org Academy: the evolution (2007-08)

The celebration of the core competence of change-makers